| St Jean D'Angely our local town |
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| The historic country town of St Jean D'Angely is just 6 miles west of Courgeon. It has all the major facilities such as banks, supermarkets and a twice weekly market as well as a good selection of restaurants. |
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| Climb the abbey towers (below) explore the narrow cobbled streets and look up at the amazing buildings with their blue slate rooves. |
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| The name St Jean d'Angély reflects the roots of this town. Angély in fact comes from the town's roman name - Angeriacum - and it was a major stop on the roman route between Nantes and Saintes. St John comes from the fact that in the Abbey Royale there was a sacred relic believed to be the head of St John the Baptist. Yet again the fortunes of St Jean d'Angély were varied as it was caught in the battles between the Huguenots, Catholics and the King's forces. Today, St Jean is a relatively small town of 8,000, where the pace of life is relaxed. |
| For a relaxed and easy excursion, take the children to the park with its playground, football pitch, mini golf, pedaloes, cafe, skateboard park and ducks. |
| FOR CHILDREN - the town has a great swimming pool centre if its too hot to be outside, a park with pedaloes, canoes and playground, take a stroll along the river, feed the ducks and have an ice cream snack at the cafe on the lake. For the older ones theres a karting track too. |
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