Welcome to Aulnay

Aulnay, commonly referred to as Aulnay-de-Saintonge, is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The town sits on one of the paths of the 500 mile pilgrimage to Saint Jacques de Compostela. Aulnay is one of the larger communes and has everything you could need with very good links to large towns and cities nearby. The Aulnay Market on a Sunday is famous locally, with people traveling to Aulnay for the bars, stalls, and food on offer while the locals spend all day socialising, drinking and eating on the Square. Aulnay also has The Church of Saint-Pierre d'Aulnay (also known as Église St Pierre). Thought to have been built between 1120-1140, it is an important Medieval Church which is on the route de Saint-Jacques de Compostelle. The Church is known to be one of the finest surviving Romanesque churches. It is also classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. There are no buses in the French countryside, so to visit other places nearby you will need a car. [2]