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Visit Forges: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Forges is situated in the Maine-et-Loire department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the western-centre of France at 35 km from Angers, the department capital. (General information: Forges is 265 km from Paris and 442 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateau de Saumur at 13 km from Forges
Popular places to visit near Forges: these include Chateau de Saumur at 13 km and Saumur at 14 km.
Montreuil-Bellay is a listed 'recommended detour' at 12km and Eglise de Notre Dame (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) is a listed 'religious monument' at 13km. 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 Forges, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Forges
See France This Way travel guides for Maine-et-Loire and Pays-de-la-Loire (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Forges.
Note that all distances from Forges shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Forges holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Forges (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 Maine-et-Loire 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 Forges and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de Lathan (42km) : Parc oriental de Maulévrier (44km) : Les jardins du château du Rivau (46km) :
- National Monuments: Fontevraud Abbey (23km) : Oiron Chateau (32km) : Chateau d'Angers (37km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Montsoreau (23km) : Candes-Saint-Martin (24km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre Dame (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (13km) : Prieuré de Notre-Dame de Cunault (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (13km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (23km) : Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (38km) : Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (40km) : Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Aubigne-sur-Layon (16km) : Thouars (27km) : Angers (35km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chinon (37km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Montreuil-Bellay (12km) : Loudun (34km) :
Map of places to visit near Forges & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Forges
Canton: Doué-la-Fontaine
Arrondissement: Saumur
Department: Maine-et-Loire
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 49700
Distance to Forges
from Angers: 35 km
from Paris: 265 km
from Calais: 442 km
from Nice: 704 km
from Bordeaux: 266 km
from Strasbourg: 615 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 Forges): Cizay-la-Madeleine, Deneze-sous-Doue, Doue-la-Fontaine, Les Ulmes, Louerre, Louresse-Rochemenier, Meigne, Montfort and Verrie.
Getting here
Maine-et-Loire is in the western-centre of France. Most visitors arrive in a car from one of the ferry terminals - Saint Malo and Caen are most practical, allow around 3-4 hours for the journey. For driving distances to Forges from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Forges