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Visit Ballans: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Ballans is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 82 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Ballans is 390 km from Paris and 591 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Jarnac at 15 km from Ballans
Popular places to visit near Ballans: these include Jarnac at 15 km and Cognac at 16 km. Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) is a listed 'religious monument' at 10km and Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) is a listed 'religious monument' at 11km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Selected places to visit and attractions near Ballans, France
Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.
Things to see in Ballans and nearby
Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Ballans
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin monastique médiéval (26km) : Jardin du Chaigne (30km) : Logis de Forge (39km) : La Roche Courbon (44km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (45km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (10km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (11km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (14km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (18km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (19km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (20km) : Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (23km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (24km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (25km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (29km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (32km) : Angouleme (34km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Ballans & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Ballans
Canton: Matha
Arrondissement: Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17160
Distance to Ballans
from La Rochelle: 82 km
from Paris: 390 km
from Calais: 591 km
from Nice: 636 km
from Bordeaux: 112 km
from Strasbourg: 676 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
Other communes near Ballans (within 6 km): Breville : Brie-sous-Matha : Courbillac : Haimps : Louzignac : Macqueville : Massac : Neuvicq-le-Chateau : Siecq : Sonnac :
Ballans holidays and travel
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This page in French: Visitez Ballans