Sommieres travel guide
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Visit Sommieres: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Sommieres is situated in the Gard department (Languedoc-Roussillon region) in the south of France at 23 km from Nimes, the department capital. (General information: Sommieres is 580 km from Paris and 814 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Nimes at 23 km from Sommieres
Popular places to visit near Sommieres: these include Nimes at 23 km and La Grande-Motte at 25 km. Camargue is a listed 'grand site of france' at 18km and Jardins de la Fontaine is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 23km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Sommieres: Sommieres has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
Selected places to visit and attractions near Sommieres, France
Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.
Things to see in Sommieres and nearby
Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Sommieres
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de la Fontaine (23km) : Parc et jardins du château de Flaugergues (23km) : Bambouseraie de Prafrance (34km) : Jardin des Sambucs (43km) :
- National Monuments: Towers and fortifications of Aigues-Mortes (25km) : Montmajour Abbey (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert (44km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Saint-Gilles (Saint-Gilles) (30km) : Cathédrale Saint-Théodorit et Fenestrelle Tower (Uzes) (37km) : Eglise et cloitres de Saint Trophime, Eglise de Saint-Honorat des Alycamps (Arles) (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Ales (38km) :
- Heritage Sites: Pont du Gard (40km) : Roman Arles (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Nimes (23km) : Uzes (37km) : Beaucaire (45km) : Arles (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (46km) :
- Grand Site of France: Camargue (18km) : Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert / Gorges de l'Herault (43km) : Cirque de Navacelles (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Sommieres & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Sommières
Canton: Sommières
Arrondissement: Nîmes
Department: Gard
Region: Languedoc-Roussillon
Postcode: 30250
Distance to Sommieres
from Nimes: 23 km
from Paris: 580 km
from Calais: 814 km
from Nice: 256 km
from Bordeaux: 389 km
from Strasbourg: 604 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
Other communes near Sommieres (within 6 km): Asperes : Aubais : Aujargues : Beaulieu : Boisseron : Campagne : Congenies : Fontanes : Galargues : Garrigues : Junas : Lecques : Saint-Christol : Saint-Clement : Saint-Hilaire-de-Beauvoir : Saint-Series : Salinelles : Saussines : Souvignargues : Villetelle : Villevieille :
Sommieres holidays and travel
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This page in French: Visitez Sommieres