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Visit Fontaines: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Fontaines is situated in the Vendee department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the west of France at 54 km from La Roche-sur-Yon, the department capital. (General information: Fontaines is 360 km from Paris and 540 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Fontenay-le-Comte at 5 km from Fontaines
Popular places to visit near Fontaines: these include Fontenay-le-Comte at 5 km and Maillezais abbey at 9 km. Fontenay-le-Comte is a listed 'recommended detour' at 5km and Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) is a listed 'religious monument' at 9km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Selected places to visit and attractions near Fontaines, France
Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.
Things to see in Fontaines and nearby
Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Fontaines
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Bâtiment (20km) : Jardins de Chaligny (28km) : La Guyonnière (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Vouvant (17km) : Coulon (22km) : La Flotte-en-Re (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (9km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (10km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (11km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Vouvant) (17km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (18km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (18km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (5km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (16km) :
Map of places to visit near Fontaines & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Fontaines
Canton: Fontenay-le-Comte
Arrondissement: Fontenay-le-Comte
Department: Vendee
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 85200
Distance to Fontaines
from La Roche-sur-Yon: 54 km
from Paris: 360 km
from Calais: 540 km
from Nice: 704 km
from Bordeaux: 178 km
from Strasbourg: 687 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
Other communes near Fontaines (within 6 km): Auzay : Chaix : Doix : Fontenay-le-Comte : Le Poire-sur-Velluire : Montreuil : Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux : Velluire :
Fontaines holidays and travel
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This page in French: Visitez Fontaines