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.

Photos taken within 10 km

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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

photo of Torsac
Torsac 16km
photo of Jarnac
Jarnac 23km
photo of Bayers
Bayers 27km
photo of Marthon
Marthon 27km
photo of Tusson
Tusson 28km
photo of Cognac
Cognac 34km
photo of Ruffec
Ruffec 38km

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!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Logis de Forge (15km) : Jardin du Chaigne (26km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (28km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (40km) :
  2. Beautiful Villages: Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (46km) :
  3. 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) :
  4. Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (5km) :
  5. 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