Vouvant travel guide
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Visit Vouvant: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Vouvant is situated in the Vendee department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the west of France at 52 km from La Roche-sur-Yon, the department capital. (General information: Vouvant is 345 km from Paris and 523 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Vouvant
Popular places to visit near Vouvant: these include Fontenay-le-Comte at 12 km and Nieul-sur-l'Autise at 18 km.
Fontenay-le-Comte is a listed 'recommended detour' at 12km and Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) is a listed 'religious monument' at 18km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Vouvant: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*; One of the 'most beautiful villages in France' (see also beautiful French villages);
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Vouvant, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Vouvant
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 Vouvant.
Note that all distances from Vouvant shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Vouvant holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Vouvant (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 Vouvant and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Bâtiment (19km) : Jardins de Chaligny (28km) : La Guyonnière (41km) : Parc oriental de Maulévrier (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (31km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (18km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (23km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (26km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (26km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (34km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Parthenay (41km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (12km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (28km) :
Map of places to visit near Vouvant & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vouvant
Canton: Châtaigneraie
Arrondissement: Fontenay-le-Comte
Department: Vendee
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 85120
Distance to Vouvant
from La Roche-sur-Yon: 52 km
from Paris: 345 km
from Calais: 523 km
from Nice: 706 km
from Bordeaux: 194 km
from Strasbourg: 677 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Vouvant): Antigny, Bourneau, Cezais, Mervent, Saint-Maurice-Des-Noues and Saint-Sulpice-en-Pareds.
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 Vouvant from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Vouvant