Jard-sur-Mer travel guide
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Visit Jard-sur-Mer: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Jard-sur-Mer is situated in the Vendee department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the west of France at 31 km from La Roche-sur-Yon, the department capital. (General information: Jard-sur-Mer is 400 km from Paris and 564 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Sables d'Olonne at 18 km from Jard-sur-Mer
Popular places to visit near Jard-sur-Mer: these include Sables d'Olonne at 18 km and Ars-en-Re at 24 km.
Georges Clemenceau house is a listed 'national monument' at 2km and Ars-en-Re is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 24km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Jard-sur-Mer: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Jard-sur-Mer, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Jard-sur-Mer
See France This Way travel guides for Vendee and Pays-de-la-Loire (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Jard-sur-Mer.
Note that all distances from Jard-sur-Mer shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Jard-sur-Mer holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Jard-sur-Mer (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 Vendee 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 Jard-sur-Mer and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de Chaligny (37km) : Jardins du phare de Chassiron (45km) : Jardins du Bâtiment (46km) :
- National Monuments: Georges Clemenceau house (2km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Ars-en-Re (24km) : La Flotte-en-Re (32km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Jard-sur-Mer & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Jard-sur-Mer
Canton: Talmont-Saint-Hilaire
Arrondissement: Sables-d'Olonne
Department: Vendee
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 85520
Distance to Jard-sur-Mer
from La Roche-sur-Yon: 31 km
from Paris: 400 km
from Calais: 564 km
from Nice: 757 km
from Bordeaux: 192 km
from Strasbourg: 740 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 3 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Jard-sur-Mer): Saint-Hilaire-la-Foret, Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard and Talmont-Saint-Hilaire.
Getting here
Vendee is in the west of France. Most visitors arrive by car from a cross-channel ferry port - Saint Malo is convenient at around 3 hours drive. For driving distances to Jard-sur-Mer from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Jard-sur-Mer