Saint-Medard travel guide
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Visit Saint-Medard: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Medard is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 18 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Medard is 354 km from Paris and 549 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Melle at 10 km from Saint-Medard
Popular places to visit near Saint-Medard: these include Melle at 10 km and Niort at 19 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 10km. 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-Medard, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Medard
See France This Way travel guides for and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Medard.
Note that all distances from Saint-Medard shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Medard holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Medard (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-Medard and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (10km) : La Guyonnière (40km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (41km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (47km) :
- National Monuments: Sanxay (38km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (27km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (10km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (20km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (21km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (22km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (34km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (36km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (39km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (39km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (39km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Parthenay (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (49km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (33km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Medard & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Médard
Canton: Celles-sur-Belle
Arrondissement: Niort
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79370
Distance to Saint-Medard
from Niort: 18 km
from Paris: 354 km
from Calais: 549 km
from Nice: 656 km
from Bordeaux: 155 km
from Strasbourg: 659 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Medard): Celles-sur-Belle, Perigne, Prahecq, Saint-Martin-de-Bernegoue, Saint-Romans-Des-Champs, Sainte-Blandine and Secondigne-sur-Belle.
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-Medard from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Medard