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Visit Vix: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Vix is situated in the Vendee department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the west of France at 56 km from La Roche-sur-Yon, the department capital. (General information: Vix is 367 km from Paris and 547 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Maillezais abbey at 9 km from Vix
Popular places to visit near Vix: these include Maillezais abbey at 9 km and Marans at 12 km.
Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) is a listed 'religious monument' at 6km and Baie de l'Aiguillon is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 8km. 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 Vix, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Vix
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 Vix.
Note that all distances from Vix shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Vix holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Vix (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 Vix and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Bâtiment (24km) : Jardins de Chaligny (31km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (22km) : Vouvant (24km) : La Flotte-en-Re (41km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (6km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (9km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (15km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (19km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Vouvant) (24km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (12km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (12km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (15km) :
Map of places to visit near Vix & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vix
Canton: Maillezais
Arrondissement: Fontenay-le-Comte
Department: Vendee
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 85770
Distance to Vix
from La Roche-sur-Yon: 56 km
from Paris: 367 km
from Calais: 547 km
from Nice: 704 km
from Bordeaux: 171 km
from Strasbourg: 692 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Vix): Doix, La Taillee, Le Gue-de-Velluire, Le Poire-sur-Velluire, Maille, Montreuil and Velluire.
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 Vix from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Vix