Velluire travel guide
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Visit Velluire: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Velluire is situated in the Vendee department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the west of France at 51 km from La Roche-sur-Yon, the department capital. (General information: Velluire is 365 km from Paris and 544 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Fontenay-le-Comte at 10 km from Velluire
Popular places to visit near Velluire: these include Fontenay-le-Comte at 10 km and Marans at 13 km.
Fontenay-le-Comte is a listed 'recommended detour' at 10km and Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) is a listed 'religious monument' at 11km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Velluire: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Velluire, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Velluire
See France This Way travel guides for Vendee and Pays-de-la-Loire (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Velluire.
Note that all distances from Velluire shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Velluire holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Velluire (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 France and Vendee 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 Velluire and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Bâtiment (19km) : Jardins de Chaligny (26km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Vouvant (21km) : Coulon (25km) : La Flotte-en-Re (41km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (11km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (12km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (16km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Vouvant) (21km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (22km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (13km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (10km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (19km) :
Map of places to visit near Velluire & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Velluire
Canton: Fontenay-le-Comte
Arrondissement: Fontenay-le-Comte
Department: Vendee
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 85770
Distance to Velluire
from La Roche-sur-Yon: 51 km
from Paris: 365 km
from Calais: 544 km
from Nice: 708 km
from Bordeaux: 176 km
from Strasbourg: 693 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 Velluire): Auzay, Chaix, Fontaines, La Taillee, Le Gue-de-Velluire, Le Langon, Le Poire-sur-Velluire, Montreuil, Vix and Vouille-les-Marais.
Getting here
Vendee is in the west of France. Most visitors arrive by car from a cross-channel ferry port - Saint Malo is convenient at around 3 hours drive. For driving distances to Velluire from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Velluire