Cherance travel guide
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Visit Cherance: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Cherance 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: Cherance is 172 km from Paris and 320 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Alencon at 17 km from Cherance
Popular places to visit near Cherance: these include Alencon at 17 km and Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei at 20 km.
Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 20km and Coulaines is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 29km. 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 Cherance, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Cherance
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 Cherance.
Note that all distances from Cherance shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Cherance holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Cherance (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 Cherance and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Mirail (38km) : Jardin du château de Vilaines (39km) : Jardins de la Massonnière (42km) : Sassy (44km) : Jardin de la petite Rochelle (47km) :
- National Monuments: Carrouges Chateau (39km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei (20km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (31km) : Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (31km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Coulaines (29km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Mans (31km) : Sainte-Suzanne (44km) : Evron (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nogent-le-Rotrou (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Cherance & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chérancé
Canton: Beaumont-sur-Sarthe
Arrondissement: Mamers
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72170
Distance to Cherance
from Le Mans: 34 km
from Paris: 172 km
from Calais: 320 km
from Nice: 748 km
from Bordeaux: 388 km
from Strasbourg: 560 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 13 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Cherance): Coulombiers, Doucelles, Grandchamp, Juille, Les Mees, Meurce, Nouans, Piace, Rene, Rouesse-Fontaine, Saint-Germain-sur-Sarthe, Thoire-sous-Contensor and Vivoin.
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 Cherance from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Cherance