Saint-Genis-d'Hiersac travel guide
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Visit Saint-Genis-d'Hiersac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Genis-d'Hiersac is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 14 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Genis-d'Hiersac is 387 km from Paris and 593 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Angouleme at 13 km from Saint-Genis-d'Hiersac
Popular places to visit near Saint-Genis-d'Hiersac: these include Angouleme at 13 km and Saint-Simon at 14 km.
Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) is a listed 'religious monument' at 13km and Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) is a listed 'religious monument' at 13km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Saint-Genis-d'Hiersac, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Genis-d'Hiersac
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Genis-d'Hiersac.
Note that all distances from Saint-Genis-d'Hiersac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Genis-d'Hiersac holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Genis-d'Hiersac (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 Charente 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-Genis-d'Hiersac and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin monastique médiéval (21km) : Logis de Forge (23km) : Jardin du Chaigne (27km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (36km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (13km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (13km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (15km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (17km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (19km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (19km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (21km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (25km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (28km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (14km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Genis-d'Hiersac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Genis-d'Hiersac
Canton: Hiersac
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16570
Distance to Saint-Genis-d'Hiersac
from Angouleme: 14 km
from Paris: 387 km
from Calais: 593 km
from Nice: 615 km
from Bordeaux: 112 km
from Strasbourg: 663 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Genis-d'Hiersac): Asnieres-sur-Nouere, Bignac, Douzat, Echallat, Genac, Marsac, Saint-Amant-de-Nouere and Saint-Cybardeaux.
Getting here
Charente is in the west of France. Most visitors to the region come by car with arrive here by car with the ferry ports at Saint Malo taking about 5 hours driving time. For driving distances to Saint-Genis-d'Hiersac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Genis-d'Hiersac