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Visit Alexain: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Alexain is situated in the Mayenne department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the center of France at 17 km from Laval, the department capital. (General information: Alexain is 240 km from Paris and 357 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Mayenne at 14 km from Alexain
Popular places to visit near Alexain: these include Mayenne at 14 km and Laval at 17 km.
Parc et jardin de Clivoy is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 8km and Mayenne is a listed 'town of art and history' at 14km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Alexain, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Alexain
See France This Way travel guides for Mayenne and Pays-de-la-Loire (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Alexain.
Note that all distances from Alexain shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Alexain holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Alexain (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in France and Mayenne gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Alexain and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardin de Clivoy (8km) : Jardins de la Pellerine (23km) : Parc floral de Haute-Bretagne (42km) : Parc et jardins du château de Craon (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Juvigne (20km) : Saint-Loup-du-Gast (22km) : Saint-Fraimbault (29km) : Fougeres (34km) : La Cropte (36km) : Chateau-Gontier (44km) : Coudray (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Mayenne (14km) : Laval (17km) : Jublains (21km) : Evron (28km) : Sainte-Suzanne (34km) : Vitre (35km) : Saulges (38km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Domfront (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Alexain & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Alexain
Canton: Mayenne-Ouest
Arrondissement: Mayenne
Department: Mayenne
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 53240
Distance to Alexain
from Laval: 17 km
from Paris: 240 km
from Calais: 357 km
from Nice: 799 km
from Bordeaux: 377 km
from Strasbourg: 630 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Alexain): Andouille, La Bigottiere, Place, Sace, Saint-Germain-d'Anxure and Saint-Germain-le-Guillaume.
Getting here
Mayenne is in the center of France. Most visitors arrive here from the cross channel ports of Saint Malo and Caen, the jorney only taking a couple of hours. For driving distances to Alexain from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Alexain