Pays Mellois :  a tourism hub, branded Pays d'Art et d'Histoire (Land of Art and History)

8 campsites and 6 hotels

130 bed-and-breakfast rooms, 200 hotel beds, 500 furnished rooms

Major tourist sites attracting 2,000 to 60,000 visitors a year : the animal park Zodyssée at Chizé, the silver mines at Melle, the protestant museum at Beaussais, the royal abbey of Celles sur Belle, the museum of roman gaul at Rom, the Lambon water leisure park, the Monnet - Goyon museum at Melle and the château de Javarzay at Chef-Boutonne.

Fully developed services for :

- the young :  9 leisure centres, care centres, 5 youth centres, 4 activity centres, 4 childminding centres and 3 associations
- the old : a day care centre backed by a resource network
- the less able : a work and welfare centre, autism centre, special educational needs centre, children's centre
- the less mobile : a transport point and car-sharing service
- the sick : a hospital within easy reach, Alzheimer units, retirement homes
- services in education : 53 schools, 7 secondary schools (collèges), 3 grammar/technical scools (lycées) including an agricultural college, a further education college, a vocational college, a rural education and counselling centre, a rural and a farm apprenticeship centre

For more information visit : http://www.paysmellois.org/services