Chatelain travel guide
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Visit Chatelain: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chatelain is situated in the Mayenne department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the center of France at 32 km from Laval, the department capital. (General information: Chatelain is 247 km from Paris and 392 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateau Plessis-Bourre at 23 km from Chatelain
Popular places to visit near Chatelain: these include Chateau Plessis-Bourre at 23 km and Saulges at 24 km.
Coudray is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 4km and Chateau-Gontier is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 9km. 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 Chatelain, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chatelain
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 Chatelain.
Note that all distances from Chatelain shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chatelain holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chatelain (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 Chatelain and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardins du château de Craon (27km) : Jardins de la Massonnière (38km) : Jardins du Mirail (45km) : Jardins du Pin (48km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau d'Angers (38km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Coudray (4km) : Chateau-Gontier (9km) : Chenille-Change (13km) : La Cropte (18km) : Angers (39km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saulges (24km) : Laval (32km) : Sainte-Suzanne (37km) : Evron (41km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Fleche (41km) :
Map of places to visit near Chatelain & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Châtelain
Canton: Bierné
Arrondissement: Château-Gontier
Department: Mayenne
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 53200
Distance to Chatelain
from Laval: 32 km
from Paris: 247 km
from Calais: 392 km
from Nice: 761 km
from Bordeaux: 330 km
from Strasbourg: 624 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 Chatelain): Argenton-Notre-Dame, Bierne, Coudray, Gennes-sur-Glaize, Saint-Laurent-Des-Mortiers and Saint-Michel-de-Feins.
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 Chatelain from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chatelain