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Visit Chives: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chives 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: Chives is 372 km from Paris and 574 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Tusson at 15 km from Chives
Popular places to visit near Chives: these include Tusson at 15 km and Ruffec at 26 km. Jardin monastique médiéval is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 15km and Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) is a listed 'religious monument' at 15km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Selected places to visit and attractions near Chives, France
Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.
Things to see in Chives and nearby
Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Chives
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin monastique médiéval (15km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (29km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (32km) : Jardin du Chaigne (45km) : Logis de Forge (49km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (15km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (16km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (18km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (19km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (23km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (25km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (29km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (31km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (33km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (40km) : Saintes (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Chives & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chives
Canton: Aulnay
Arrondissement: Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17510
Distance to Chives
from La Rochelle: 82 km
from Paris: 372 km
from Calais: 574 km
from Nice: 635 km
from Bordeaux: 130 km
from Strasbourg: 662 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
Other communes near Chives (within 6 km): Barbezieres : Bazauges : Couture-d'Argenson : Fontaine-Chalendray : Les Gours : Lupsault : Romazieres : Saleignes : Villiers-Couture :
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This page in French: Visitez Chives