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Visit Echire: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Echire is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 9 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Echire is 343 km from Paris and 533 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Coulon at 15 km from Echire
Popular places to visit near Echire: these include Coulon at 15 km and Marais Poitevin at 18 km. Coulon is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 15km and Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) 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 Echire, France
Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.
Things to see in Echire and nearby
Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Echire
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Guyonnière (25km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (28km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (43km) :
- National Monuments: Sanxay (33km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (15km) : Vouvant (34km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (15km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (21km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (25km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (28km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (30km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Vouvant) (34km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (36km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (41km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (41km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (42km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Parthenay (31km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (32km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (21km) :
Map of places to visit near Echire & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Échiré
Canton: Niort-Nord
Arrondissement: Niort
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79410
Distance to Echire
from Niort: 9 km
from Paris: 343 km
from Calais: 533 km
from Nice: 673 km
from Bordeaux: 173 km
from Strasbourg: 659 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
Other communes near Echire (within 6 km): Chauray : Cherveux : Francois : Saint-Gelais : Saint-Maxire : Sainte-Ouenne : Sciecq :
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This page in French: Visitez Echire