Château d’Oiron
The Château d'Oiron is located in Oiron, in the Deux-Sèvres département of western France. It has its origins in the 15th century war with the English for control of France when a victorious Charles VII of France gave the domain and great forest of Oiron to Guillaume Gouffier who became governor of Touraine.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Museum
- Description: castle in Oiron, France
- Also known as: “castle of Oiron” and “Oiron Castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Collégiale Saint-Maurice and Église Sainte-Radegonde de Bilazais.
Collégiale Saint-Maurice
Church
Photo: Père Igor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Collégiale Saint-Maurice is a church, which is situated 170 metres southwest of Château d’Oiron.
Église Sainte-Radegonde de Bilazais
Church
Photo: Père Igor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Église Sainte-Radegonde de Bilazais is a church, which is situated 2½ km southwest of Château d’Oiron.
Église Saint-Hilaire de Pas-de-Jeu
Church
Photo: Ikmo-ned, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Église Saint-Hilaire de Pas-de-Jeu is a church, which is situated 4 km northeast of Château d’Oiron.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pas-de-Jeu and Saint-Léger-de-Montbrun.
Pas-de-Jeu
Village
Photo: Ikmo-ned, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pas-de-Jeu is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France. Pas-de-Jeu is situated 3½ km northeast of Château d’Oiron.
Saint-Léger-de-Montbrun
Village
Photo: Père Igor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint-Léger-de-Montbrun is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France. Saint-Léger-de-Montbrun is situated 6 km northwest of Château d’Oiron.
Ranton
Village
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Ranton is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. Ranton is situated 6 km northeast of Château d’Oiron.
Château d’Oiron
- Categories: château, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Plaine-et-Vallées, Arrondissement of Bressuire, Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
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Latitude
46.95201° or 46° 57′ 7″ northLongitude
-0.07742° or 0° 4′ 39″ westElevation
90 metres (295 feet)Open location code
8CRXXW2F+R2OpenStreetMap ID
way 102960021OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumGeoNames ID
12148854Wikidata ID
Q905650
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Western Panjabi—“Château d’Oiron” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Chateau d’Oiron”
- Dutch: “Château d’Oiron”
- Dutch: “Kasteel van Oiron”
- French: “chateau d’Oiron”
- French: “château d’Oiron”
- French: “Château d’Oiron”
- French: “chateau de Oiron”
- French: “château de Oiron”
- German: “Schloss Oiron”
- Korean: “와롱성”
- Russian: “замок д’Уарон”
- Western Panjabi: “شتو اویرون”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Château d’Oiron”. Photo: Père Igor, CC BY-SA 3.0.