Sonneville travel guide
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Visit Sonneville: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Sonneville is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 27 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Sonneville is 388 km from Paris and 591 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Jarnac at 14 km from Sonneville
Popular places to visit near Sonneville: these include Jarnac at 14 km and Saint-Simon at 18 km.
Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) is a listed 'religious monument' at 15km and Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) is a listed 'religious monument' at 16km. 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 Sonneville, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Sonneville
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Sonneville.
Note that all distances from Sonneville shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Sonneville holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Sonneville (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 Sonneville and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin monastique médiéval (22km) : Jardin du Chaigne (28km) : Logis de Forge (34km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (41km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (15km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (16km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (17km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (19km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (23km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (25km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (26km) : Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (26km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (28km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (27km) : Saintes (38km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Sonneville & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Sonneville
Canton: Rouillac
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16170
Distance to Sonneville
from Angouleme: 27 km
from Paris: 388 km
from Calais: 591 km
from Nice: 629 km
from Bordeaux: 113 km
from Strasbourg: 671 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Sonneville): Anville, Auge-Saint-Medard, Courbillac, Houlette, Mareuil, Montigne, Neuvicq-le-Chateau, Plaizac, Rouillac and Siecq.
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 Sonneville from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Sonneville