Chateau-Gontier travel guide
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Visit Chateau-Gontier: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chateau-Gontier is situated in the Mayenne department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the center of France at 27 km from Laval, the department capital. (General information: Chateau-Gontier is 253 km from Paris and 393 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Laval at 27 km from Chateau-Gontier
Popular places to visit near Chateau-Gontier: these include Laval at 27 km and Chateau Plessis-Bourre at 28 km.
Chateau-Gontier is a listed 'recommended detour' at 1km and Coudray is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 6km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Chateau-Gontier: 'Recommended detour town' (plus beau détour); Chateau-Gontier has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Chateau-Gontier, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chateau-Gontier
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 Chateau-Gontier.
Note that all distances from Chateau-Gontier shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chateau-Gontier holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chateau-Gontier (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 Chateau-Gontier and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardins du château de Craon (18km) : Parc et jardin de Clivoy (45km) : Jardins de la Massonnière (45km) : Jardins du Pin (48km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau d'Angers (42km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Coudray (6km) : Chenille-Change (15km) : La Cropte (21km) : Angers (43km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Laval (27km) : Saulges (28km) : Sainte-Suzanne (40km) : Evron (43km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Chateau-Gontier (1km) : Vitre (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Chateau-Gontier & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Château-Gontier
Canton: Château-Gontier
Arrondissement: Château-Gontier
Department: Mayenne
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 53200
Distance to Chateau-Gontier
from Laval: 27 km
from Paris: 253 km
from Calais: 393 km
from Nice: 770 km
from Bordeaux: 333 km
from Strasbourg: 632 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 Chateau-Gontier): Aze, Chemaze, Coudray, Fromentieres, Loigne-sur-Mayenne and Saint-Fort.
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 Chateau-Gontier from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chateau-Gontier