Avesnes-en-Saosnois travel guide
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Visit Avesnes-en-Saosnois: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Avesnes-en-Saosnois is situated in the Sarthe department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 34 km from Le Mans, the department capital. (General information: Avesnes-en-Saosnois is 160 km from Paris and 317 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Belleme at 19 km from Avesnes-en-Saosnois
Popular places to visit near Avesnes-en-Saosnois: these include Belleme at 19 km and Alencon at 28 km.
Coulaines is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 29km and Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) is a listed 'religious monument' at 29km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Avesnes-en-Saosnois, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Avesnes-en-Saosnois
See France This Way travel guides for and Pays-de-la-Loire (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Avesnes-en-Saosnois.
Note that all distances from Avesnes-en-Saosnois shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Avesnes-en-Saosnois holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Avesnes-en-Saosnois (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 Sarthe 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 Avesnes-en-Saosnois and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de la petite Rochelle (35km) : Jardin du château de Vilaines (43km) : Jardins du Mirail (44km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei (34km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (29km) : Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (31km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Coulaines (29km) : Cogners (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Mans (31km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nogent-le-Rotrou (34km) :
Map of places to visit near Avesnes-en-Saosnois & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Avesnes-en-Saosnois
Canton: Marolles-les-Braults
Arrondissement: Mamers
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72260
Distance to Avesnes-en-Saosnois
from Le Mans: 34 km
from Paris: 160 km
from Calais: 317 km
from Nice: 735 km
from Bordeaux: 388 km
from Strasbourg: 545 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 15 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Avesnes-en-Saosnois): Commerveil, Courcival, Disse-sous-Ballon, Jauze, Marolles-les-Braults, Monce-en-Saosnois, Monhoudou, Nauvay, Peray, Rouperroux-le-Coquet, Saint-Aignan, Saint-Calez-en-Saosnois, Saint-Pierre-Des-Ormes, Saint-Remy-Des-Monts and Saint-Vincent-Des-Pres.
Getting here
Sarthe is in the north-west of France. Most visitors get here by car having taken a ferry, probably to Saint-Malo or Caen, and then a drive of around 2 - 3 hours. For driving distances to Avesnes-en-Saosnois from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Avesnes-en-Saosnois