Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente travel guide
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Visit Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 5 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente is 390 km from Paris and 599 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Angouleme at 3 km from Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente
Popular places to visit near Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente: these include Angouleme at 3 km and Mouthiers-sur-Boeme at 15 km.
Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) is a listed 'religious monument' at 5km and Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) is a listed 'religious monument' at 5km. 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-Yrieix-sur-Charente, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente
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-Yrieix-sur-Charente.
Note that all distances from Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente (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-Yrieix-sur-Charente and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Logis de Forge (15km) : Jardin du Chaigne (26km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (28km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (40km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (5km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (5km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (7km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (9km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (10km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (13km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (19km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (20km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (29km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (29km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (5km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nontron (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente
Canton: Gond-Pontouvre
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16710
Distance to Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente
from Angouleme: 5 km
from Paris: 390 km
from Calais: 599 km
from Nice: 607 km
from Bordeaux: 109 km
from Strasbourg: 661 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-Yrieix-sur-Charente): Angouleme, Asnieres-sur-Nouere, Balzac, Fleac, Gond-Pontouvre, Linars, Marsac, Saint-Michel, Saint-Saturnin, Trois-Palis and Vindelle.
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-Yrieix-sur-Charente from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente