Angoulême

Angoulême, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Wes Anderson shot much of The French Dispatch in this southwestern French town, already famous as the home of Europe's largest comic book festival — a fitting match for the film's comic-strip visual style.

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Getting to Angoulême

Location

Angoulême, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Nearest airports

Limoges Airport — 83km ·
Bergerac Dordogne-Périgord airport — 96km ·
Poitiers-Biard Airport — 105km ·

Nearest train station

Angoulême
Châteauneuf-sur-Charente
La Rochefoucauld

Plan your journey

From the station
Angoulême
From Angoulême station, walk for 6 minutes to Papin, then take bus N1 to Angoulême Hôtel de Ville (5 minutes), and walk 1 minute to your destination, totalling 12 minutes.
From the airport
Limoges Airport
From Limoges Airport to Angoulême takes approximately 5 hours 5 minutes, involving walking to the airport bus stop, taking bus AERO to the city centre, walking to Limoges train station, taking a TER train to Périgueux, then bus 310 to Angoulême train station, with optional local bus NAU to Hôtel de Ville. The route combines walking, bus, and train transport with key stops at Limoges-Bénédictins station and Périgueux.

ℹ️ Travel directions are correct at time of publishing and regularly reviewed, but routes and timetables can change. Please double-check before travelling.

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