Saint-Sornin travel guide
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Visit Saint-Sornin: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Sornin is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 23 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Sornin is 380 km from Paris and 594 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in La Rochefoucauld at 7 km from Saint-Sornin
Popular places to visit near Saint-Sornin: these include La Rochefoucauld at 7 km and Marthon at 9 km.
Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) is a listed 'religious monument' at 18km and Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) is a listed 'religious monument' at 22km. 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-Sornin, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Sornin
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-Sornin.
Note that all distances from Saint-Sornin shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Sornin holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Sornin (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-Sornin and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Logis de Forge (29km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (39km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (40km) : Jardin de Liliane (41km) : Jardin du Chaigne (49km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau de Puyguilhem (39km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Jean-de-Cole (43km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (18km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (22km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (28km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (30km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (32km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (33km) : Abbaye Cistercienne de Boschaud (Villars) (39km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre (Brantome) (40km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (23km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (40km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nontron (25km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Sornin & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Sornin
Canton: Montbron
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16220
Distance to Saint-Sornin
from Angouleme: 23 km
from Paris: 380 km
from Calais: 594 km
from Nice: 583 km
from Bordeaux: 124 km
from Strasbourg: 639 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-Sornin): Chazelles, La Rochefoucauld, Marillac-le-Franc, Montbron, Orgedeuil, Rancogne, Saint-Projet-Saint-Constant, Vilhonneur and Vouthon.
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-Sornin from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Sornin