Sommieres-du-Clain travel guide
Visit Sommieres-du-Clain: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Nouaille-Maupertuis at 26 km from Sommieres-du-Clain
Location: Sommieres-du-Clain is situated in the Vienne department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 34 km from Poitiers, the department capital. (General information: Sommieres-du-Clain is 323 km from Paris and 531 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Sommieres-du-Clain: these include Nouaille-Maupertuis at 26 km and Ruffec at 30 km. Vallée des singes (monkeys) is a listed zoo or wildlife park at 7 km and Eglise de Saint Maurice (Saint-Maurice-la-Clouere) is a listed religious monument at 12 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 Sommieres-du-Clain, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Sommieres-du-Clain
See France This Way travel guides for Vienne and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Sommieres-du-Clain.
Note that all distances from Sommieres-du-Clain shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Sommieres-du-Clain 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 Sommieres-du-Clain
- Civray: market every Tuesday & Friday (15km)
- Chaunay: market every Monday (17km)
- Vivonne: market every Saturday (18km)
- Sauze-Vaussais: market every Thursday (25km)
- Lezay: market every Tuesday (28km)
- Rouille: market every Friday (29km)
- Ruffec: market every Wednesday & Saturday (31km)
- Poitiers: market every Wednesday & Thursday & Sunday & Saturday all day & Friday (34km)
- La Mothe-Saint-Heray: market every Thursday (37km)
- Chef-Boutonne: market every Saturday (38km)
- Melle: market every Friday (39km)
- Montmorillon: market every Wednesday (42km)
- Saint-Savin: market every Friday (50km)
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 Sommieres-du-Clain and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Sommieres-du-Clain map below.
Heritage Site Poitiers église Saint-Hilaire le Grand (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (33km); Melle église St Hilaire (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (40km)
National Monument Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (15km); Sanxay (37km)
Recommended Detour Chauvigny (39km)
Religious Monument Eglise de Saint Maurice (Saint-Maurice-la-Clouere) (12km); Eglise d'Usson de Poitou (Usson-du-Poitou) (13km); Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (15km); Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (15km); Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (16km); Abbaye de la Réau (Saint-Martin-l'Ars) (17km); Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (19km); Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (24km); Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (25km); Abbaye de Nouaillé-Mauperthuis (Nouaille-Maupertuis) (26km); Eglise de Saint Gervais et Saint Protais (Civaux) (30km); Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (30km); Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chauvigny) (39km); Eglise de Notre-Dame (Montmorillon) (42km); Abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Lesterps) (44km); Abbaye de Saint Savin sur Gartempe (Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe) (50km)
Remarkable Garden Laverré (19km); Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (28km); Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (39km); Touffou (42km); Jardin monastique médiéval (44km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Poitiers (34km)
Town Of Art And History Poitiers (34km); Confolens (38km); Montmorillon (42km)
Village D'etape Vivonne (18km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Vallée des singes (monkeys) (7km)
Map of places to visit near Sommieres-du-Clain & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Sommières-du-Clain
Canton: Gençay
Arrondissement: Montmorillon
Department: Vienne
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 86160
Distance to Sommieres-du-Clain
from Poitiers (local prefecture): 34 km
from Paris: 323 km
from Calais: 531 km
from Nice: 614 km
from Bordeaux: 176 km
from Strasbourg: 612 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Sommieres-du-Clain): Champagne-Saint-Hilaire, Chateau-Garnier, La Ferriere-Airoux and Romagne.
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 Sommieres-du-Clain from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Sommieres-du-Clain