Xanton-Chassenon travel guide
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Visit Xanton-Chassenon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Xanton-Chassenon is situated in the Vendee department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the west of France at 61 km from La Roche-sur-Yon, the department capital. (General information: Xanton-Chassenon is 351 km from Paris and 534 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Nieul-sur-l'Autise at 3 km from Xanton-Chassenon
Popular places to visit near Xanton-Chassenon: these include Nieul-sur-l'Autise at 3 km and Fontenay-le-Comte at 9 km.
Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) is a listed 'religious monument' at 4km and Fontenay-le-Comte is a listed 'recommended detour' 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 Xanton-Chassenon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Xanton-Chassenon
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 Xanton-Chassenon.
Note that all distances from Xanton-Chassenon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Xanton-Chassenon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Xanton-Chassenon (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 Xanton-Chassenon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Bâtiment (27km) : Jardins de Chaligny (36km) : La Guyonnière (38km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Vouvant (14km) : Coulon (17km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (4km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (10km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (12km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (14km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Vouvant) (14km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (48km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (28km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Parthenay (40km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (9km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (13km) :
Map of places to visit near Xanton-Chassenon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Xanton-Chassenon
Canton: Saint-Hilaire-des-Loges
Arrondissement: Fontenay-le-Comte
Department: Vendee
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 85240
Distance to Xanton-Chassenon
from La Roche-sur-Yon: 61 km
from Paris: 351 km
from Calais: 534 km
from Nice: 696 km
from Bordeaux: 180 km
from Strasbourg: 676 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Xanton-Chassenon): Nieul-sur-l'Autise, Oulmes, Saint-Hilaire-Des-Loges, Saint-Martin-de-Fraigneau and Saint-Michel-le-Cloucq.
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 Xanton-Chassenon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Xanton-Chassenon