Chauray travel guide
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Visit Chauray: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chauray is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 8 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Chauray is 345 km from Paris and 536 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Coulon at 17 km from Chauray
Popular places to visit near Chauray: these include Coulon at 17 km and Marais Poitevin at 19 km. Coulon is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 17km and Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) 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 Chauray: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Selected places to visit and attractions near Chauray, France
Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.
Things to see in Chauray and nearby
Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Chauray
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (23km) : La Guyonnière (26km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (44km) :
- National Monuments: Sanxay (32km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (17km) : Vouvant (38km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (18km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (23km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (24km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (28km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (32km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (33km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (37km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Vouvant) (38km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (38km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (39km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Parthenay (33km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (35km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (23km) :
Map of places to visit near Chauray & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chauray
Canton: Niort-Nord
Arrondissement: Niort
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79180
Distance to Chauray
from Niort: 8 km
from Paris: 345 km
from Calais: 536 km
from Nice: 669 km
from Bordeaux: 170 km
from Strasbourg: 658 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
Other communes near Chauray (within 6 km): Echire : Francois : Saint-Gelais : Vouille :
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This page in French: Visitez Chauray