Sommieres-du-Clain travel guide
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Visit Sommieres-du-Clain: Highlights and Tourist Information
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).
Note: The photo above was taken in Nouaille-Maupertuis at 26 km from Sommieres-du-Clain
Popular places to visit near Sommieres-du-Clain: these include Nouaille-Maupertuis at 26 km and Ruffec at 30 km.
Eglise de Saint Maurice (Saint-Maurice-la-Clouere) is a listed 'religious monument' at 12km and Eglise d'Usson de Poitou (Usson-du-Poitou) is a listed 'religious monument' at 13km. 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 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 hotels in and near to Sommieres-du-Clain (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 Vienne 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 Sommieres-du-Clain and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Laverré (19km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (28km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (39km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (44km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (15km) : Sanxay (37km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Maurice (Saint-Maurice-la-Clouere) (12km) : Eglise d'Usson de Poitou (Usson-du-Poitou) (13km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (15km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (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) :
- Towns of Art and History: Poitiers (34km) : Confolens (38km) : Montmorillon (42km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Chauvigny (39km) :
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: 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!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
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