Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux travel guide
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Visit Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux is situated in the Vendee department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the west of France at 61 km from La Roche-sur-Yon, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux is 360 km from Paris and 542 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Maillezais abbey at 2 km from Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux
Popular places to visit near Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux: these include Maillezais abbey at 2 km and Nieul-sur-l'Autise at 7 km.
Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) is a listed 'religious monument' at 2km and Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) is a listed 'religious monument' at 6km. 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-Pierre-le-Vieux, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux
See France This Way travel guides for Vendee and Pays-de-la-Loire (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux.
Note that all distances from Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux (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 France and Vendee 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-Pierre-le-Vieux and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Bâtiment (27km) : Jardins de Chaligny (36km) : La Guyonnière (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (14km) : Vouvant (21km) : La Flotte-en-Re (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (2km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (6km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (7km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (11km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Vouvant) (21km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (21km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Parthenay (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (10km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (9km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux
Canton: Maillezais
Arrondissement: Fontenay-le-Comte
Department: Vendee
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 85420
Distance to Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux
from La Roche-sur-Yon: 61 km
from Paris: 360 km
from Calais: 542 km
from Nice: 697 km
from Bordeaux: 173 km
from Strasbourg: 683 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux): Bouille-Courdault, Doix, Fontaines, Le Mazeau, Liez, Maille, Maillezais, Maillezais abbey, Nieul-sur-l'Autise, Saint-Martin-de-Fraigneau and Saint-Sigismond.
Getting here
Vendee is in the west of France. Most visitors arrive by car from a cross-channel ferry port - Saint Malo is convenient at around 3 hours drive. For driving distances to Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux