Joue-l'Abbe travel guide
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Visit Joue-l'Abbe: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Joue-l'Abbe is situated in the Sarthe department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 14 km from Le Mans, the department capital. (General information: Joue-l'Abbe is 178 km from Paris and 337 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Le Mans at 12 km from Joue-l'Abbe
Popular places to visit near Joue-l'Abbe: these include Le Mans at 12 km and Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei at 36 km.
Coulaines is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 10km and Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) is a listed 'religious monument' at 11km. 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 Joue-l'Abbe, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Joue-l'Abbe
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 Joue-l'Abbe.
Note that all distances from Joue-l'Abbe shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Joue-l'Abbe holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Joue-l'Abbe (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 Joue-l'Abbe and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de Vilaines (23km) : Jardins du Mirail (25km) : Jardins de la Massonnière (31km) : Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux (32km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei (36km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (11km) : Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (11km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Coulaines (10km) : Cogners (42km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Mans (12km) : Sainte-Suzanne (42km) : Evron (46km) : Saulges (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Joue-l'Abbe & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Joué-l'Abbé
Canton: Ballon
Arrondissement: Mans
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72380
Distance to Joue-l'Abbe
from Le Mans: 14 km
from Paris: 178 km
from Calais: 337 km
from Nice: 733 km
from Bordeaux: 369 km
from Strasbourg: 559 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Joue-l'Abbe): Courceboeufs, La Bazoge, La Guierche, Montbizot, Neuville-sur-Sarthe, Saint-Saturnin, Sainte-Jamme-sur-Sarthe, Savigne-l'Eveque, Souille and Souligne-sous-Ballon.
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 Joue-l'Abbe from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Joue-l'Abbe