Poitiers: facts

At a glance

• Country: France
• Region: New Aquitaine
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 85,960
• Coordinates: 46.5826° N, 0.3435° E
• Time zone: Europe/Paris (UTC+01:00 standard, UTC+02:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Euro (EUR)
• Distance to the capital, Paris: 294 km (182 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Poitiers-Biard Airport (PIS): 2.9 km (1.8 mi), straight line
• Tours Val de Loire Airport (TUF): 99 km (61 mi), straight line
• Limoges Airport (LIG): 103 km (64 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Chatellerault: 30 km (19 mi)
• Montmorillon: 44 km (27 mi)
• Parthenay: 46 km (28 mi)
• Le Blanc: 55 km (34 mi)
• Chinon: 65 km (41 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Tours, 94 km (59 mi)

Things to see

• Ancien Hôpital général (building)
• Chapelle Saint-Louis (church)
• Dolmen de la Pierre Levée (archaeological site)
• Musée Rupert de Chièvres (museum)
• Statue de la Liberté (artwork)
• Vestiges des Thermes Publics Gallo-romains (archaeological site)