Souvigne travel guide
Visit Souvigne: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Tusson at 4 km from Souvigne
Location: Souvigne is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 36 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Souvigne is 365 km from Paris and 570 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Souvigne: these include Tusson at 4 km and Ruffec at 13 km. Jardin monastique médiéval is a listed remarkable garden at 4 km and Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) is a listed religious monument at 13 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 Souvigne, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Souvigne
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Souvigne.
Note that all distances from Souvigne shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Souvigne 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 Charente gites and villas
Markets near Souvigne
- Ruffec: market every Wednesday & Saturday (13km)
- Chef-Boutonne: market every Saturday (18km)
- Sauze-Vaussais: market every Thursday (19km)
- Civray: market every Tuesday & Friday (28km)
- Chaunay: market every Monday (28km)
- Brioux-sur-Boutonne: market every Thursday (29km)
- Matha: market every Tuesday, Friday and Saturday (30km)
- Aulnay: market every Sunday (31km)
- Melle: market every Friday (32km)
- Lezay: market every Tuesday (33km)
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 Souvigne and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Souvigne map below.
Heritage Site Aulnay église St Pierre (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (32km); Melle église St Hilaire (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (32km)
National Monument Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (34km)
Religious Monument Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (13km); Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (25km); Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (26km); Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (27km); Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (28km); Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (28km); Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (30km); Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (31km); Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (32km); Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (33km); Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (36km); Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (36km); Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (36km); Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (37km); Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (38km); Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (39km); Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (40km); Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (41km); Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (42km); Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (45km); Abbaye de la Réau (Saint-Martin-l'Ars) (46km); Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (49km); Eglise d'Usson de Poitou (Usson-du-Poitou) (50km)
Remarkable Garden Jardin monastique médiéval (4km); Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (19km); Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (32km)
Town Of Art And History Angouleme (34km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Angouleme (36km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Vallée des singes (monkeys) (36km); Zoodyssée (40km)
Map of places to visit near Souvigne & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Souvigné
Canton: Villefagnan
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16240
Distance to Souvigne
from Angouleme (local prefecture): 36 km
from Paris: 365 km
from Calais: 570 km
from Nice: 622 km
from Bordeaux: 135 km
from Strasbourg: 649 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Souvigne): Besse, Brettes, Charme, Ebreon, Ligne, Longre, Raix, Saint-Fraigne, Tusson and Villefagnan.
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 Souvigne from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Souvigne