Soudan travel guide
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Visit Soudan: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Soudan is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 29 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Soudan is 327 km from Paris and 524 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Melle at 22 km from Soudan
Popular places to visit near Soudan: these include Melle at 22 km and Parthenay at 27 km.
Sanxay is a listed 'national monument' at 12km and Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) is a listed 'religious monument' at 18km. 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 Soudan, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Soudan
See France This Way travel guides for and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Soudan.
Note that all distances from Soudan shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Soudan holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Soudan (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 Soudan and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Guyonnière (19km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (22km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (28km) : Laverré (34km) :
- National Monuments: Sanxay (12km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (38km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (18km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (23km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (38km) : Eglise de Notre Dame la Grande (Poitiers) (39km) : Eglise de Saint Maurice (Saint-Maurice-la-Clouere) (40km) : Abbaye de Nouaillé-Mauperthuis (Nouaille-Maupertuis) (41km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (42km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (44km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (44km) : Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Parthenay (27km) : Poitiers (39km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Soudan & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Soudan
Canton: Mothe-Saint-Héray
Arrondissement: Niort
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79800
Distance to Soudan
from Niort: 29 km
from Paris: 327 km
from Calais: 524 km
from Nice: 653 km
from Bordeaux: 180 km
from Strasbourg: 637 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Soudan): Fomperron, Nanteuil, Pamproux, Saint-Germier, Sainte-Eanne, Salles and Souvigne.
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 Soudan from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Soudan