Tour du Cordier
Visitors to Poitiers can see Tour du Cordier, a fort. Close by, within 5 km, are 18 more places to see. Look also at Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Poitiers, 1.3 km away.
Fort in Poitiers
In Poitiers
Tour du Cordier is in the commune of Poitiers, with 18 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and Météo-France 1991–2020 normals.
Weather through the year
The warmest afternoons in Poitiers run May to October, at 18–26°C.
Tour du Cordier
Its story is told in 2 languages on Wikipedia.
- Type
- Fort
- Covered in
- 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
- Commune
- Poitiers, Vienne
Where it sits
Orange shows Tour du Cordier; numbers mark the places near it.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is the commune of Poitiers. · commune boundary: IGN
Towns close to Tour du Cordier
Poitiers is the biggest of the 8 bases nearby (89,916 people). All of these towns include it on their pages.
- 1Poitiers
- 2Buxerolles
- 3Saint-Benoît
- 4Migné-Auxances
- 5Vouneuil-sous-Biard
- 6Mignaloux-Beauvoir
- 7Chasseneuil-du-Poitou
- 8Montamisé
Poitiers
Buxerolles
Saint-Benoît
Migné-Auxances
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Tour du Cordier is | People |
|---|---|---|
| Poitiers | It’s in this commune | 89,916 |
| Buxerolles | 1.8 km northeast of it | 10,289 |
| Saint-Benoît | 4 km south of it | 7,375 |
| Migné-Auxances | 4.7 km northwest of it | 6,285 |
| Vouneuil-sous-Biard | 5.1 km west of it | 6,290 |
| Mignaloux-Beauvoir | 6.7 km southeast of it | 5,229 |
| Chasseneuil-du-Poitou | 7 km north of it | 4,743 |
| Montamisé | 7.2 km northeast of it | 3,723 |
Places to add to Tour du Cordier
There are 92 within 15 km, 2 gardens, a cathedral and a museum among them.
MuseumMusée Sainte-Croix1.4 km southeast, in Poitiers3Historic houseHistoric housePalais des ducs d'Aquitaine900 m south, in Poitiers4
Theme parkFuturoscope9.2 km north, in Jaunay-Marigny5GardenGardenJardin des Plantes de Poitiers700 m southeast, in Poitiers6GardenGardenParc de Blossac1.8 km south, in Poitiers7AbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Cyprien de Poitiers1.5 km east, in Poitiers8ChâteauChâteauChâteau triangulaire de Poitiers100 m northeast, in PoitiersWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Quick answers on Tour du Cordier
Where is Tour du Cordier?
Tour du Cordier is in Poitiers, in Vienne (Nouvelle-Aquitaine).
What is Tour du Cordier?
Fort.
How well known is Tour du Cordier?
Tour du Cordier 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 Tour du Cordier?
May to October are the warmest months in Poitiers, with afternoon highs of 18–26°C (Météo-France 1991–2020 normals).
What else is there to see near Tour du Cordier?
Within 15 km: Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Poitiers (1.3 km), Musée Sainte-Croix (1.4 km), Palais des ducs d'Aquitaine (900 m) and Futuroscope (9.2 km).
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 (2)
- Musée Sainte-Croix: Danielclauzier, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Futuroscope: Koakoo, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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.