Chatres-la-Foret travel guide
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Visit Chatres-la-Foret: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chatres-la-Foret is situated in the Mayenne department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the center of France at 26 km from Laval, the department capital. (General information: Chatres-la-Foret is 220 km from Paris and 354 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Evron at 4 km from Chatres-la-Foret
Popular places to visit near Chatres-la-Foret: these include Evron at 4 km and Sainte-Suzanne at 7 km.
Evron is a listed 'town of art and history' at 4km and Sainte-Suzanne is a listed 'town of art and history' at 7km. 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 Chatres-la-Foret, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chatres-la-Foret
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 Chatres-la-Foret.
Note that all distances from Chatres-la-Foret shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chatres-la-Foret holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chatres-la-Foret (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 Chatres-la-Foret and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de la Massonnière (29km) : Jardins du Mirail (33km) : Parc et jardin de Clivoy (34km) : Jardin du château de Vilaines (41km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei (40km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: La Cropte (20km) : Saint-Loup-du-Gast (30km) : Chateau-Gontier (39km) : Coudray (41km) : Saint-Fraimbault (44km) : Juvigne (46km) : Coulaines (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Evron (4km) : Sainte-Suzanne (7km) : Jublains (15km) : Saulges (17km) : Mayenne (24km) : Laval (26km) : Le Mans (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Chatres-la-Foret & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Châtres-la-Forêt
Canton: Évron
Arrondissement: Laval
Department: Mayenne
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 53600
Distance to Chatres-la-Foret
from Laval: 26 km
from Paris: 220 km
from Calais: 354 km
from Nice: 772 km
from Bordeaux: 367 km
from Strasbourg: 606 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 Chatres-la-Foret): Evron, Livet, Neau, Saint-Christophe-du-Luat, Saint-Leger and Sainte-Suzanne.
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 Chatres-la-Foret from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chatres-la-Foret