Sompt travel guide
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Visit Sompt: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Sompt is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 33 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Sompt is 352 km from Paris and 552 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Melle at 8 km from Sompt
Popular places to visit near Sompt: these include Melle at 8 km and Ruffec at 27 km.
Arboretum du chemin de la découverte is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 8km and Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) is a listed 'religious monument' at 8km. 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 Sompt, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Sompt
See France This Way travel guides for and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Sompt.
Note that all distances from Sompt shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Sompt holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Sompt (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 Deux-Sevres 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 Sompt and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (8km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (28km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (32km) : Laverré (46km) : La Guyonnière (48km) :
- National Monuments: Sanxay (38km) : Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (39km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (41km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (8km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (21km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (25km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (26km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (28km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (29km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (31km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (34km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (34km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (36km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Sompt & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Sompt
Canton: Melle
Arrondissement: Niort
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79110
Distance to Sompt
from Niort: 33 km
from Paris: 352 km
from Calais: 552 km
from Nice: 641 km
from Bordeaux: 151 km
from Strasbourg: 650 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Sompt): Chail, Chef-Boutonne, Cherigne, Gournay-Loize, Luche-sur-Brioux, Lusseray, Maisonnay, Paizay-le-Tort, Pouffonds, Saint-Genard and Tillou.
Getting here
Deux-Sevres is in the western-centre of France. Most visitors will come by car, as an excursion from the Loire Valley or approximately 4 hours from the channel port at Saint-Malo. For driving distances to Sompt from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Sompt