Souvigne travel guide
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Visit Souvigne: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Souvigne is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 22 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Souvigne is 335 km from Paris and 530 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Melle at 17 km from Souvigne
Popular places to visit near Souvigne: these include Melle at 17 km and Niort at 22 km.
Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) is a listed 'religious monument' at 17km and Arboretum du chemin de la découverte is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 17km. 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 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 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 hotels in and near to Souvigne (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 Souvigne and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (17km) : La Guyonnière (23km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (35km) : Laverré (41km) :
- National Monuments: Sanxay (19km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (31km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (17km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (25km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (32km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (38km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (39km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (40km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (41km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (43km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (43km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Parthenay (31km) : Poitiers (46km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (49km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (37km) :
Map of places to visit near Souvigne & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Souvigné
Canton: Saint-Maixent-l'École 2e Canton
Arrondissement: Niort
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79800
Distance to Souvigne
from Niort: 22 km
from Paris: 335 km
from Calais: 530 km
from Nice: 656 km
from Bordeaux: 174 km
from Strasbourg: 644 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 Souvigne): Aigonnay, La Mothe-Saint-Heray, Nanteuil, Prailles, Romans, Saint-Maixent-l'Ecole, Saint-Martin-de-Saint-Maixent, Sainte-Eanne, Sainte-Neomaye and Soudan.
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 Souvigne from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Souvigne