Fontenay-sur-Vegre travel guide
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Visit Fontenay-sur-Vegre: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Fontenay-sur-Vegre is situated in the Sarthe department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 33 km from Le Mans, the department capital. (General information: Fontenay-sur-Vegre is 217 km from Paris and 370 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saulges at 16 km from Fontenay-sur-Vegre
Popular places to visit near Fontenay-sur-Vegre: these include Saulges at 16 km and Sainte-Suzanne at 24 km.
Jardins de la Massonnière is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 9km and Jardins du Mirail is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 15km. 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 Fontenay-sur-Vegre, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Fontenay-sur-Vegre
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 Fontenay-sur-Vegre.
Note that all distances from Fontenay-sur-Vegre shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Fontenay-sur-Vegre holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Fontenay-sur-Vegre (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 Fontenay-sur-Vegre and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de la Massonnière (9km) : Jardins du Mirail (15km) : Jardin du château de Vilaines (20km) : Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux (35km) : Parc et jardins du château du Lude (40km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (33km) : Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (39km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: La Cropte (21km) : Coulaines (34km) : Coudray (34km) : Chateau-Gontier (37km) : Chenille-Change (40km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saulges (16km) : Sainte-Suzanne (24km) : Evron (31km) : Le Mans (33km) : Jublains (44km) : Laval (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Fleche (26km) :
Map of places to visit near Fontenay-sur-Vegre & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Fontenay-sur-Vègre
Canton: Brûlon
Arrondissement: Flèche
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72350
Distance to Fontenay-sur-Vegre
from Le Mans: 33 km
from Paris: 217 km
from Calais: 370 km
from Nice: 745 km
from Bordeaux: 342 km
from Strasbourg: 595 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Fontenay-sur-Vegre): Asnieres-sur-Vegre, Avesse, Avoise, Chantenay-Villedieu, Cheville, Juigne-sur-Sarthe, Poille-sur-Vegre, Saint-Ouen-en-Champagne and Saint-Pierre-Des-Bois.
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 Fontenay-sur-Vegre from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Fontenay-sur-Vegre