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Belleville tourism and travel guide

Visit Belleville: highlights and tourist information

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Belleville is situated in the Deux-Sevres department and Poitou-Charentes region (now part of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region), in the western-centre of France at 22 kilometres from Niort, the department capital (general information: Belleville is 371 kilometres from Paris).

Popular places to visit nearby include Surgeres at 20 km and Saint-Jean d'Angely at 20 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

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Belleville, France: places to visit and attractions

Some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Belleville in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!

... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Deux-Sevres

Map of places to visit near Belleville

Markets in and near Belleville

• Aulnay: market Sunday (17km)
• Surgeres: market Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday (20km)
• Brioux-sur-Boutonne: market Thursday (21km)
• Niort: market Thursday all day & Saturday all day (22km)
• Courcon: market Wednesday (27km)
• Benet: market Monday (28km)
• Melle: market Friday (29km)
• La Creche: market Sunday (31km)
• Matha: market Tuesday, Friday and Saturday (32km)
• Chef-Boutonne: market Saturday (33km)

More information about Belleville, Poitou-Charentes

Tourist attractions near Belleville, France

Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Belleville.

Grand sites of France

• Marais Poitevin (26km)
• Brouage Fortifications (54km)

Heritage sites

• Aulnay église St Pierre (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (16km)
• Saint-Jean-d'Angély, abbaye royale (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (20km)
• Melle église St Hilaire (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (29km)
• Saintes basilique St Eutrope (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (44km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Coulon (23km)

National Monuments

• Sanxay (56km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Fontenay-le-Comte (45km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (9km)
• Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (19km)
• Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (23km)
• Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (27km)
• Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (28km)
• Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (30km)
• Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (32km)
• Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (33km)
• Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (33km)
• Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (36km)
• Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (40km)
• Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (43km)

Remarkable gardens

• Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (29km)
• La Roche Courbon (41km)
• Jardin monastique médiéval (49km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Forêt de Benon (23km)
• Baie de l'Aiguillon (32km)
• Hiers-Brouage (54km)

Towns of Art and history

• Rochefort (42km)
• Saintes (44km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Marans (43km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Zoodyssée (8km)
• Natur'Zoo de Mervent (47km)

Geography and distances

Getting here

Belleville is in the western-centre of France. Most visitors will come by car, as an excursion from the Loire Valley or approximately 4 hours from the channel port at Saint-Malo. For driving distances to Belleville from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 9 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Beauvoir-sur-Niort, Boisserolles, Doeuil-sur-le-Mignon, La Croix-Comtesse, Migre, Prisse-la-Charriere, Saint-Etienne-la-Cigogne, Vergne and Villeneuve-la-Comtesse.

This page in French: Visiter Belleville