Sauvignac travel guide
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Visit Sauvignac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Sauvignac is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 47 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Sauvignac is 440 km from Paris and 649 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne at 20 km from Sauvignac
Popular places to visit near Sauvignac: these include Aubeterre-sur-Dronne at 20 km and Barbezieux at 25 km.
Aubeterre-sur-Dronne is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 20km and Eglise de Saint Pierre (Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps) is a listed 'religious monument' at 31km. 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 Sauvignac, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Sauvignac
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Sauvignac.
Note that all distances from Sauvignac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Sauvignac holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Sauvignac (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 Sauvignac and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du Chaigne (33km) : Logis de Forge (37km) : Jardin du Fond de l’or (39km) : Jardins du château de Vayres (44km) : Jardins du Sardy (47km) :
- National Monuments: Cave Pair-non-Pair (41km) : Montcaret Archaeological site (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (20km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Pierre (Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps) (31km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (32km) : Eglise Notre Dame de Faye (Faye) (33km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (38km) : Collégiale et chapelle de la Trinité (Saint-Emilion) (41km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (42km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (44km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (45km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (45km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (47km) :
- Heritage Sites: Saint-Emilion (41km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (35km) :
Map of places to visit near Sauvignac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Sauvignac
Canton: Brossac
Arrondissement: Cognac
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16480
Distance to Sauvignac
from Angouleme: 47 km
from Paris: 440 km
from Calais: 649 km
from Nice: 608 km
from Bordeaux: 61 km
from Strasbourg: 700 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Sauvignac): Bardenac, Boresse-et-Martron, Guizengeard, La Genetouze, Saint-Vallier and Yviers.
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 Sauvignac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Sauvignac