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Visit Contest: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Contest is situated in the Mayenne department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the center of France at 23 km from Laval, the department capital. (General information: Contest is 231 km from Paris and 349 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Mayenne at 6 km from Contest
Popular places to visit near Contest: these include Mayenne at 6 km and Jublains at 12 km.
Mayenne is a listed 'town of art and history' at 6km and Jublains is a listed 'town of art and history' at 12km. 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 Contest, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Contest
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 Contest.
Note that all distances from Contest shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Contest holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Contest (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 Contest and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardin de Clivoy (16km) : Jardins de la Pellerine (30km) : Parc floral de Haute-Bretagne (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Loup-du-Gast (15km) : Saint-Fraimbault (25km) : Juvigne (28km) : La Cropte (36km) : Fougeres (41km) : Chateau-Gontier (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Mayenne (6km) : Jublains (12km) : Evron (22km) : Laval (23km) : Sainte-Suzanne (29km) : Saulges (36km) : Vitre (44km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Domfront (37km) :
Map of places to visit near Contest & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Contest
Canton: Mayenne-Ouest
Arrondissement: Mayenne
Department: Mayenne
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 53100
Distance to Contest
from Laval: 23 km
from Paris: 231 km
from Calais: 349 km
from Nice: 794 km
from Bordeaux: 381 km
from Strasbourg: 621 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Contest): Commer, Mayenne, Moulay, Parigne-sur-Braye, Saint-Baudelle, Saint-Georges-Buttavent and Saint-Germain-d'Anxure.
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 Contest from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Contest