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Visit Bessines: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Bessines is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 4 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Bessines is 356 km from Paris and 545 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Coulon at 7 km from Bessines
Popular places to visit near Bessines: these include Coulon at 7 km and Marais Poitevin at 8 km. Coulon is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 7km and Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) 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 Bessines, France
Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.
Things to see in Bessines and nearby
Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Bessines
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (29km) : La Guyonnière (37km) : Jardins du Bâtiment (48km) :
- National Monuments: Sanxay (44km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (7km) : Vouvant (37km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (11km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (20km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (20km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (23km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (28km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (33km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (34km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Vouvant) (37km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (42km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (38km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Parthenay (43km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (30km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (13km) :
Map of places to visit near Bessines & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Bessines
Canton: Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan
Arrondissement: Niort
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79000
Distance to Bessines
from Niort: 4 km
from Paris: 356 km
from Calais: 545 km
from Nice: 675 km
from Bordeaux: 162 km
from Strasbourg: 670 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
Other communes near Bessines (within 6 km): Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan : Magne : Niort : Saint-Symphorien :
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This page in French: Visitez Bessines