Savigne travel guide
Visit Savigne: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Ruffec at 17 km from Savigne
Location: Savigne is situated in the Vienne department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 47 km from Poitiers, the department capital. (General information: Savigne is 336 km from Paris and 544 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Savigne: these include Ruffec at 17 km and Nanteuil-en-Vallee at 18 km. Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) is a listed religious monument at 2 km and Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) is a listed religious monument at 4 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Savigne, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Savigne
See France This Way travel guides for Vienne and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Savigne.
Note that all distances from Savigne shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Savigne holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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 Vienne gites and villas
Markets near Savigne
- Civray: market every Tuesday & Friday (2km)
- Chaunay: market every Monday (13km)
- Sauze-Vaussais: market every Thursday (17km)
- Ruffec: market every Wednesday & Saturday (17km)
- Lezay: market every Tuesday (28km)
- Vivonne: market every Saturday (30km)
- Chef-Boutonne: market every Saturday (30km)
- Rouille: market every Friday (36km)
- Melle: market every Friday (36km)
- La Mothe-Saint-Heray: market every Thursday (40km)
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 Savigne and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Savigne map below.
Heritage Site Melle église St Hilaire (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (37km)
National Monument Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (7km); Sanxay (45km)
Religious Monument Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (2km); Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (4km); Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (6km); Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (7km); Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (13km); Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (17km); Abbaye de la Réau (Saint-Martin-l'Ars) (18km); Eglise d'Usson de Poitou (Usson-du-Poitou) (21km); Eglise de Saint Maurice (Saint-Maurice-la-Clouere) (25km); Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (34km); Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (39km); Abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Lesterps) (39km); Abbaye de Nouaillé-Mauperthuis (Nouaille-Maupertuis) (40km); Eglise de Saint Gervais et Saint Protais (Civaux) (41km)
Remarkable Garden Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (15km); Jardin monastique médiéval (32km); Laverré (32km); Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (36km)
Town Of Art And History Confolens (32km)
Village D'etape Vivonne (30km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Vallée des singes (monkeys) (10km)
Map of places to visit near Savigne & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Savigné
Canton: Civray
Arrondissement: Montmorillon
Department: Vienne
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 86400
Distance to Savigne
from Poitiers (local prefecture): 47 km
from Paris: 336 km
from Calais: 544 km
from Nice: 611 km
from Bordeaux: 163 km
from Strasbourg: 621 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Savigne): Blanzay, Charroux, Civray, Genouille, La Chapelle-Baton, Saint-Gaudent, Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil and Saint-Saviol.
Getting here
Vienne is in the west of France. Most visitors arrive here by car - the ferry ports such as Caen, Saint Malo and Cherbourg are convenient at around 4-5 hours drive. For driving distances to Savigne from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Savigne