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Visit Villefagnan: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Villefagnan is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 40 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Villefagnan is 359 km from Paris and 564 km from the port at Calais).

Villefagnan reviews and comments:

15th - 16th century castle of which you can admire the outside. The castle retains magnificent towers, moats filled with water, numerous sculptures, windows decorated with mythological scenes, and a 19th century chapel. - Visits restricted to the outside only et principal courtyard: + every day from monday 16 July to wednesday 29 august 2012 inclusive, except sundays and 15/8, 24/8, 25/8 + 1,2,8,9,15,16 September 2012 - Opening hours: from 10 h 30 àto12 h 30 and from 14 h 30 to 18 h 30 ; - Group visits possible by arrangement (0954505186), Saturdays only from 1/4 - 31/10/12

Villefagnan, France Rating: 4/5 Reviewed by Proprietaire on

Popular places to visit near Villefagnan: these include Ruffec at 9 km and Tusson at 9 km.

Jardin monastique médiéval is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 9km and Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) is a listed 'religious monument' at 9km. 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 Villefagnan, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Villefagnan

photo of Ruffec
Ruffec 9km
photo of Tusson
Tusson 9km
photo of Bayers
Bayers 15km
photo of Melle
Melle 29km
photo of Jarnac
Jarnac 42km
photo of Cognac
Cognac 47km

See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Villefagnan.

Note that all distances from Villefagnan shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Villefagnan holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Villefagnan (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 Villefagnan and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin monastique médiéval (9km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (15km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (29km) :
  2. National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (29km) :
  3. Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (9km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (22km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (22km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (28km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (29km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (29km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (33km) :
  4. Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (40km) :
  5. Towns of Art and History: Confolens (46km) :

Map of places to visit near Villefagnan & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Villefagnan

Canton: Villefagnan

Arrondissement: Angoulême

Department: Charente

Region: Poitou-Charentes

Postcode: 16240

Distance to Villefagnan

from Angouleme: 40 km

from Paris: 359 km

from Calais: 564 km

from Nice: 622 km

from Bordeaux: 140 km

from Strasbourg: 645 km

* distances are direct not by road!

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More information

We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Villefagnan): Brettes, Courcome, Empure, La Chevrerie, La Faye, La Magdeleine, Raix, Saint-Martin-du-Clocher, Souvigne, Theil-Rabier, Tuzie and Villiers-le-Roux.

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 Villefagnan from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Villefagnan