Château de Merpins
Château de Merpins, is a ruined castle in Merpins, Charente-Maritime, France. The castle is built atop a rocky outcrop overlooking the double confluence of the Ne, Charente and Antenne.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Pierre-alain dorange, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Église Saint-Remi de Merpins and Château de la Garde.
Église Saint-Remi de Merpins
Church
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Église Saint-Remi de Merpins is a church, which is situated 180 metres east of Château de Merpins.
Château de la Garde
Castle
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Château de la Garde is a castle, which is situated 2 km west of Château de Merpins.
Église Saint-Laurent de Saint-Laurent-de-Cognac
Church
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Église Saint-Laurent de Saint-Laurent-de-Cognac is a church, which is situated 2½ km northwest of Château de Merpins.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cognac.
Cognac
Town
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Cognac is a commune in the Charente department, southwestern France. Administratively, the commune of Cognac is a subprefecture of the Charente department. Cognac is situated 6 km east of Château de Merpins.
Château de Merpins
- Type: Castle
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Merpins, Arrondissement of Cognac, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
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Latitude
45.67633° or 45° 40′ 35″ northLongitude
-0.39604° or 0° 23′ 46″ westOpen location code
8CQXMJG3+GHOpenStreetMap ID
node 819554179OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q2969868
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In Other Languages
“Château de Merpins” goes by many names.
- French: “château de Merpins”
- French: “Château de Merpins”
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Highlights include Place des Marronniers and Place du Communal.
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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 de Merpins”. Photo: Pierre-alain dorange, CC BY-SA 3.0.