Dampierre-sur-Loire
District of Varrains
in Maine-et-Loire of Pays de la Loire Region, France
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Saumur-Saint-Florent Airport (3 mi) - Angers-Loire Airport (26 mi)
- Cholet Le Pontreau Airport (40 mi)
- Tours-Val-de-Loire Airport (40 mi)
- Châtellerault Airport (42 mi)
- Poitiers-Biard Airport (47 mi)
- Le Mans-Arnage Airport (52 mi)
- Niort-Souché Airport (65 mi)
- Paris-Orly Airport (153 mi)
- Brive-La Roche Airport (161 mi)
- Bordeaux-Mérignac (BA 106) Airport (168 mi)
- The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes (Unesco heritage, 38 mi)
- Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe (Unesco heritage, 63 mi)
- Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay (Unesco heritage, 100 mi)
- Chartres Cathedral (Unesco heritage, 111 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 47.223 and -0.060 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 47° 13' 22" and W -0° 3' 37"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Euro - EUR
- Spoken languages:
- French, Breton, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Occitan
- Local electricity:
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- Local Time: 11:07 AM (Monday)
- Timezone: Europe/Paris
- UTC/GMT offset: 1 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:34 am and 9:18 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -41.184 and 175.958 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Homewood - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to France.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning France. Last Update: 2024-05-06 08:04:52
Explore Dampierre-sur-Loire
The district Dampierre-sur-Loire of Varrains in Maine-et-Loire (Pays de la Loire Region) is located in France about 158 mi south-west of Paris, the country's capital.
If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Saumur, Chinon, La Fleche, Angers and Bressuire. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 14°C / 57 °F
| Morning Temperature | 7°C / 45 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 13°C / 56 °F |
| Night Temperature | 10°C / 50 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 6% |
| Air Humidity | 78% |
| Air Pressure | 1010 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 13 km/h (8 mph) from North-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 73% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Tuesday, 7th of May 2024
17°C (62 °F)
12°C (53 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, few clouds.
Wednesday, 8th of May 2024
18°C (65 °F)
12°C (54 °F)
Light rain, light breeze, scattered clouds.
Thursday, 9th of May 2024
19°C (66 °F)
13°C (56 °F)
Broken clouds, gentle breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Château de Verrières Relais du Silence
Hôtel Mercure Bords de Loire Saumur
Anne d'Anjou
Saint Pierre
Domaine de la Blairie
Les Terrasses de Saumur Logis
Domaine Saint Hilaire
Qualys-Hôtel Le Londres Hôtel & Appartements
Kyriad Saumur Centre
Best Western Adagio
Videos from this area
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Père cent Saumur 2014
Voici une petite vidéo tournée lors du père cent il y'a 2 mois. Je ne l'avais pas encore postée et je me suis dis que ça pourrais faire plaisir à quelques uns. Je précise quand même...
Tigre II Musée des Blindés Saumur
Premier essai après réparation http://www.museedesblindes.fr/
King Tiger Saumur 2014
Concours International de Maquettes Saumur 2014 Panzerkampfwagen VI Königstiger.
Panther Ausf. A , Saumur en Uniforme 2013
Arrivé du Panther Ausf A sur la place du chardonnet à l'occasion de Saumur en Uniformes 2013.
Tigre II - Musée des Blindés Saumur - 2014
Le retour du Tigre II en état de marche ! A cause d'un souci mécanique, il n'avait pas roulé depuis 6 ans ! Son retour a été très apprécié.
King Tiger Saumur 2014
Concours International de Maquettes Saumur 2014 Panzerkampfwagen VI Königstiger.
Panther Ausf.A Saumur
Saumur En Uniformes 30 Juin 2013.
B1bis Saumur 2012
Evolution d'un char B1bis au musée des blindés de Saumur.
Château de Saumur
Le château de Saumur est situé en région Pays de la Loire, sur la route historique de la vallée des Rois. Construit depuis la fin du XIe. siècle, le château de Saumur fut tour à tour...
Le Château de Saumur (Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, franceguidetour, HD)
Forteresse au XIIIe siècle sous la minorité de saint Louis puis château-palais des ducs d'Anjou, le château de Saumur surplombe majestueusement la Loire. Successivement résidence des...
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Fontevraud Abbey
Fontevraud Abbey or Fontevrault Abbey is a religious building hosting a cultural centre since 1975, the Centre Culturel de l'Ouest, in the village of Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, near Chinon, in Anjou, France. It was founded by the itinerant reforming preacher Robert of Arbrissel, who had just created a new order, the Order of Fontevrault. The first permanent structures were built between 1110 and 1119.
Château de Saumur
The Château de Saumur, originally built as a castle and later developed as a château, is located in the French town of Saumur, in the Maine-et-Loire département. It was originally constructed in the 10th century by Theobald I, Count of Blois, as a fortified stronghold against Norman predations. It overlooks the confluence of the Loire and the Thouet. In 1026 it came into the hands of Fulk Nerra, count of Anjou, who bequeathed it to his Plantagenet heirs.
Château de Montsoreau
The Château de Montsoreau is a castle in the market town of Montsoreau, in the Maine-et-Loire département of France. It was constructed in 1455 by Jean de Chambes, a senior councillor to King Charles VII. Erected on the bank of the Loire river, it was a strategic fortress, controlling river traffic between Chinon and Saumur.
Château de Montreuil-Bellay
The Château de Montreuil-Bellay is a historical building in the town of Montreuil-Bellay, département of Maine-et-Loire, France, first built on the site of a Gallo-Roman village high on a hill on the banks of the Thouet River. It is listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture. During the medieval period the property, consisting of more than 1,000 acres, was part of a group of 32 villages near-by that created the then known as "L'Anjou".
Vienne (river)
The Vienne is one of the most important rivers in south-western France, a significant left tributary of the lower Loire. It supports numerous hydro-electric dams, and it is the main river of the Limousin region and also of the eastern part of the Poitou-Charentes region. Two French départements are named after the Vienne river: the Haute-Vienne (87) in the Limousin region and the Vienne (86) in the Poitou-Charentes region.
Musée des Blindés
The Musée des Blindés or Musée Général Estienne is a tank museum located in the Loire Valley of France, in the city of Saumur. It is one of the world's largest tank museums. The museum has the world's largest collection of armoured fighting vehicles and contains well over 880 vehicles, although the British Bovington Tank Museum has a larger number of tanks. Less than a quarter can be exhibited due to space limitations despite the move to a much larger building in 1993.
Château de Brézé
Château de Brézé is a small, dry-moated castle located in Brézé, near Saumur in the Loire Valley, France. The château was transformed during the 16th and the 19th centuries. The current structure is Renaissance in style yet retains medieval elements including a drawbridge and a 12th century trogloditic basement. Today, it is the residence of descendants of the ancient lords. The château is a listed ancient monument originally dating from 1060.
Thouet
The Thouet is a tributary river of the Loire in the Poitou-Charentes and Pays de la Loire régions of France. The Thouet rises at Secondigny, close to the source of the Sèvre Nantaise, and joins the Loire just to the west of Saumur. It is 142 km long, and drains an area of 3,396 km . The river's name derives from the ancient Gallic word for tranquil.
Dive (river)
The Dive is a 75 km long river in France, right tributary of the Thouet. Its source is in the commune Maisonneuve. Its course crosses the departments of Vienne, Deux-Sèvres and Maine-et-Loire. It flows northwards through the towns of Moncontour and Brézé, finally flowing into the Thouet in Saint-Just-sur-Dive.
Argenton (river)
The Argenton is a 71 km long river in France, left tributary of the Thouet. Its source is in the commune Cirières. Its course crosses the department of Deux-Sèvres. It flows generally northeast through the towns of Le Pin, Nueil-les-Aubiers, Argenton-les-Vallées and Argenton-l'Église, finally flowing into the Thouet near Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay.
Gare de Saumur
Gare de Saumur is a railway station serving the town Saumur, Maine-et-Loire department, western France. It is situated on the Tours–Saint-Nazaire railway.
Trèves-Cunault
Trèves-Cunault is a former town in the department of Maine-et-Loire, France that existed from 1839 to 1973. It was originally created in 1839 by the merger of the towns of Trèves and Cunault. In 1973, it was merged with the town of Chênehutte-les-Tuffeaux to form the new town of Chênehutte-Trèves-Cunault.
Dolmen de Bagneux
The 'dolmen de Bagneux' is a megalith located in Saumur, France. The dolmen de Bagneux is the largest dolmen in France and second one in Europe.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Varrains.
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