Valence, Mansle travel guide
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Visit Valence, Mansle: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Valence, Mansle is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 29 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Valence, Mansle is 364 km from Paris and 574 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Bayers at 7 km from Valence, Mansle
Popular places to visit near Valence, Mansle: these include Bayers at 7 km and Verteuil-sur-Charente at 12 km.
Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) is a listed 'religious monument' at 9km and Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 16km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Valence, Mansle, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Valence, Mansle
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Valence, Mansle.
Note that all distances from Valence, Mansle shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Valence, Mansle holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Valence, Mansle (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 Valence, Mansle and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (16km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (19km) : Logis de Forge (40km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (29km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (9km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (17km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (23km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (29km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (29km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (29km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (29km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (32km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (32km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (29km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (31km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nontron (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Valence, Mansle & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Valence
Canton: Mansle
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16460
Distance to Valence, Mansle
from Angouleme: 29 km
from Paris: 364 km
from Calais: 574 km
from Nice: 600 km
from Bordeaux: 136 km
from Strasbourg: 636 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 13 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Valence, Mansle): Aunac, Beaulieu-sur-Sonnette, Chenommet, Couture, La Tache, Mouton, Moutonneau, Saint-Amant-de-Bonnieure, Saint-Angeau, Saint-Ciers-sur-Bonnieure, Saint-Front, Saint-Sulpice-de-Ruffec and Ventouse.
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 Valence, Mansle from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Valence, Mansle