Saint-Sigismond travel guide

Saint-Sigismond photo, taken in Maillezais abbey France

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Visit Saint-Sigismond: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Saint-Sigismond is situated in the Vendee department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the west of France at 67 km from La Roche-sur-Yon, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Sigismond is 360 km from Paris and 544 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Maillezais abbey at 4 km from Saint-Sigismond

Popular places to visit near Saint-Sigismond: these include Maillezais abbey at 4 km and Nieul-sur-l'Autise at 8 km.

Marais Poitevin is a listed 'grand site of france' at 3km and Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) is a listed 'religious monument' at 4km. 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-Sigismond, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Sigismond

photo of Coulon
Coulon 9km
photo of Niort
Niort 18km
photo of Marans
Marans 23km
photo of Vouvant
Vouvant 25km
photo of Melle
Melle 44km

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-Sigismond.

Note that all distances from Saint-Sigismond shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Saint-Sigismond holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Sigismond (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-Sigismond and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Bâtiment (33km) : Jardins de Chaligny (42km) : La Guyonnière (43km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (44km) :
  2. Beautiful Villages: Coulon (9km) : Vouvant (25km) :
  3. Religious monuments: Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (4km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (7km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (8km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (8km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Vouvant) (25km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (38km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (44km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (45km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (47km) :
  4. Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (24km) :
  5. Towns of Art and History: Parthenay (47km) :
  6. Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (16km) :
  7. Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (3km) :

Map of places to visit near Saint-Sigismond & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Saint-Sigismond

Canton: Maillezais

Arrondissement: Fontenay-le-Comte

Department: Vendee

Region: Pays-de-la-Loire

Postcode: 85420

Distance to Saint-Sigismond

from La Roche-sur-Yon: 67 km

from Paris: 360 km

from Calais: 544 km

from Nice: 691 km

from Bordeaux: 168 km

from Strasbourg: 681 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Sigismond): Arcais, Bouille-Courdault, Damvix, Le Mazeau, Liez, Maillezais, Maillezais abbey, Oulmes and Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux.

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-Sigismond from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Saint-Sigismond