• 10 mins drive from main N.10 Paris-Bordeaux

• 10 mins drive to Ruffec & its main station (daily return to Paris)

• 35 mins to Cognac

• 50 mins to Saintes

• 50 mins to Poitiers Airport

• 90 mins to La Rochelle (Atlantic coast)

This " living village" (home of my maternal ancestors), with its 1,200 inhabitants, is typical of a Charentais village: mellow limestone houses, Roman red roof tiles, a medieval church in its heart, all surrounded by sunflower fields. A lovely welcoming picture, especially in spring.

It is a "living village", as one can purchase most everyday goods at hand:

• A goat cheese farm, an organic farm

• 2 supermarkets, 2 boulangeries, 2 butchers, several bars, 1 chemist,
  
• 2 hairdressers, a post office, 2 doctors surgeries, a lawyer's office, an estate agent and covered small market on Tuesdays and Fridays.
  

Enough to supply and keep its inhabitants happy.

As for sports, the village prides itself with a tennis court, football and rugby pitches, and a riding school. Fishing also on our village lake.

It also prides itself with a working renovated 18th Century windmill, a lovely lake where one can enjoy a swim and a picnic.