Saint-Coutant travel guide
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Visit Saint-Coutant: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Coutant is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 36 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Coutant is 342 km from Paris and 542 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Melle at 10 km from Saint-Coutant
Popular places to visit near Saint-Coutant: these include Melle at 10 km and Ruffec at 28 km.
Arboretum du chemin de la découverte is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 10km and Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) is a listed 'religious monument' at 11km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Saint-Coutant, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Coutant
See France This Way travel guides for and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Coutant.
Note that all distances from Saint-Coutant shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Coutant holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Coutant (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Poitou-Charentes and Deux-Sevres gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Saint-Coutant and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (10km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (31km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (33km) : Laverré (36km) : La Guyonnière (42km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (48km) :
- National Monuments: Sanxay (30km) : Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (33km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (11km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (23km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (25km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (25km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (28km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (30km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (32km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (33km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (35km) : Eglise de Saint Maurice (Saint-Maurice-la-Clouere) (36km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Poitiers (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Coutant & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Coutant
Canton: Lezay
Arrondissement: Niort
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79120
Distance to Saint-Coutant
from Niort: 36 km
from Paris: 342 km
from Calais: 542 km
from Nice: 638 km
from Bordeaux: 161 km
from Strasbourg: 640 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Coutant): Clussais-la-Pommeraie, Lezay, Maisonnay, Pers, Saint-Vincent-la-Chatre and Sainte-Soline.
Getting here
Deux-Sevres is in the western-centre of France. Most visitors will come by car, as an excursion from the Loire Valley or approximately 4 hours from the channel port at Saint-Malo. For driving distances to Saint-Coutant from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Coutant