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Monastery or convent · Saintes · Charente-Maritime

Couvent des Jacobins de Saintes

Couvent des Jacobins de Saintes is a convent located in Charente-Maritime. It has been a classé historic monument (in part) since 1987. A short trip away is Arc de Germanicus, 400 m off, the first of 60 within 15 km.

Where
In Saintes
inside the commune
Historic monument
1987
Classé historic monument (in part)
How well known
Top 15%
#5,252 of 37,318 French places we list
Warmest months
Apr–Oct
highs of 17–27°C
In brief

Monastery or convent in Saintes

In Saintes

Couvent des Jacobins de Saintes is in the commune of Saintes, with 17 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Classé historic monument (in part)

Protected as a historic monument since 1987; built in the 19th and 20th centuries (Mérimée record PA00105257). About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database and Météo-France 1991–2020 normals.

When to go

Month by month

Expect highs of 17–27°C in Saintes from April to October.

Jan10° / 4°92 mm
Feb11° / 3°68 mm
Mar14° / 5°65 mm
Apr17° / 7°74 mm
May21° / 10°66 mm
Jun24° / 13°61 mm
Jul26° / 15°42 mm
Aug27° / 15°53 mm
Sep24° / 12°73 mm
Oct19° / 10°95 mm
Nov13° / 6°108 mm
Dec10° / 4°110 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Saintes, and rain in a month. Météo-France 1991–2020 normals from the Saintes station, 2.3 km away. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Saintes’ full climate →
About

Couvent des Jacobins de Saintes

Type
Monastery or convent
Protection
Classé historic monument (in part) · 1987
Built
19th and 20th centuries
Covered in
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
Commune
Saintes, Charente-Maritime
Facts: Wikidata (CC0), OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) and the Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0).
The map

The way to Couvent des Jacobins de Saintes

Numbered points are the places near Couvent des Jacobins de Saintes, which is in orange.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is the commune of Saintes. · commune boundary: IGN

Towns near it

Towns a short way from Couvent des Jacobins de Saintes

Saintes is the biggest of the 8 bases nearby (25,363 people). These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.

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  1. 1Saintes
  2. 2Chaniers
  3. 3Saint-Georges-des-Coteaux
  4. 4Pons
  5. 5Gémozac
  6. 6Val-de-Cognac
  7. 7Saint-Jean-d'Angély
  8. 8Saujon
1 · It’s in this commune

Saintes

25,363 people

2 · 5.9 km east of it

Chaniers

3,651 people

3 · 6.4 km northwest of it

Saint-Georges-des-Coteaux

2,843 people

4 · 20 km south of it

Pons

4,343 people

Compare the 8 towns
TownWhere Couvent des Jacobins de Saintes isPeople
SaintesIt’s in this commune25,363
Chaniers5.9 km east of it3,651
Saint-Georges-des-Coteaux6.4 km northwest of it2,843
Pons20 km south of it4,343
Gémozac20 km south of it3,052
Val-de-Cognac21 km east of it3,471
Saint-Jean-d'Angély24 km north of it6,784
Saujon24 km west of it7,440
Make a day of it

Other places close by

A visit can add 2 museums, an attraction and a cathedral, from 60 places within 15 km.

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Couvent des Jacobins de Saintes, answered

Where is Couvent des Jacobins de Saintes?

Couvent des Jacobins de Saintes is in Saintes, in Charente-Maritime (Nouvelle-Aquitaine).

What is Couvent des Jacobins de Saintes?

Convent located in Charente-Maritime, in France.

Is Couvent des Jacobins de Saintes a historic monument?

Yes: Classé historic monument (in part), since 1987, Mérimée record PA00105257.

How well known is Couvent des Jacobins de Saintes?

Couvent des Jacobins de Saintes has 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages: #5,252 of the 37,318 French places we list.

When is the best time to visit Couvent des Jacobins de Saintes?

April to October are the warmest months in Saintes, with afternoon highs of 17–27°C (Météo-France 1991–2020 normals).

What else is there to see near Couvent des Jacobins de Saintes?

Within 15 km: Arc de Germanicus (400 m), Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Saintes (200 m), Amphithéâtre de Saintes (800 m) and Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (800 m).

Sources: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0: what it is, its articles, how widely it is covered), the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0), IGN commune boundaries, Météo-France 1991–2020 normals (Licence Ouverte 2.0).

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (3)

Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.