Château de la Roche-Courbon and more near Les Essards
Every one of the 5 places on the list is among the châteaux or heritage sites. All of them lie outside Les Essards. Arc de Germanicus, 12 km away, is the best-known day out.
The names to know near Les Essards
After Château de la Roche-Courbon come 4 châteaux.
Best known first: by how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each place (Wikidata’s count). It isn’t a ranking of how good they are.
Where to find them
The map ends at La Devaudrie, 5 km out.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Les Essards; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
Grouped by kind
All 5 are châteaux or heritage sites.
Dark: in Les Essards. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
Full list of places
These 5 are all within 5 km of its centre.
Nothing is mapped in Les Essards itself; these are within 5 km of its centre.
The history of Les Essards → · Parks and trails in Les Essards →
Day trips
First of the 12 big names within reach is Arc de Germanicus, 12 km away.
Monastery or conventAbbaye aux Dames de Saintes12 km southeast, in SaintesChâteauChâteauChâteau de Taillebourg10 km northeast, in TaillebourgZooZooZoo de la Palmyre33 km west, in Les MathesAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Notre-Dame de Sablonceaux12 km southwest, in Sablonceaux
FortFort Louvois33 km west, in Bourcefranc-le-Chapus
MuseumConservatoire du Bégonia21 km northwest, in Rochefort
GardenPlanet Exotica27 km southwest, in RoyanChâteauChâteauFort Lupin28 km northwest, in Saint-Nazaire-sur-CharenteChâteauChâteauChâteau de Cognac35 km east, in CognacPlaces within 40 km of Les Essards with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Seeing Les Essards: questions
Are there attractions near Les Essards?
Nothing is mapped in Les Essards itself, but within 5 km there are Château de la Roche-Courbon, Château de Nieul-lès-Saintes, Château de Ransanne and Château de la Vallade.
Are there museums in or near Les Essards?
No museum or gallery is mapped in Les Essards or within 5 km.
What well-known places are within a day out of Les Essards?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Arc de Germanicus (12 km), Phare de Cordouan (39 km), Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Saintes (12 km), Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (12 km).
How is this list made?
From OpenStreetMap and Wikidata: named museums, galleries, châteaux, abbeys, gardens, zoos, theme parks and other visitor attractions whose mapped point lies inside the commune of Les Essards, then those in the communes within 5 km of its centre, and well-known places within 40 km. Houses, ruins and gardens need a sign they’re open to visitors; places marked private, closed or disused are left out. The historic-monument link is the Culture ministry’s Mérimée record. A place that isn’t mapped isn’t listed, so this isn’t everything there is to see.
Sources: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0: descriptions, websites, Wikipedia articles), the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0), IGN commune boundaries. Distances are from the commune’s centre point.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (4)
- Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes: Myrabella, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fort Louvois: Patrick Despoix, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Conservatoire du Bégonia: Marion1000, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Planet Exotica: Louis-Dominique 1er Spatiens, 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.