La Roche-sur-Yon travel guide
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Visit La Roche-sur-Yon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: La Roche-sur-Yon is situated in the Vendee department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the west of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Vendee department. (General information: La Roche-sur-Yon is 372 km from Paris and 532 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Sables d'Olonne at 34 km from La Roche-sur-Yon
Popular places to visit near La Roche-sur-Yon: these include Sables d'Olonne at 34 km and Saint Gilles Croix de Vie at 39 km.
Jardins de Chaligny is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 26km and Georges Clemenceau house is a listed 'national monument' at 30km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for La Roche-sur-Yon: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near La Roche-sur-Yon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Roche-sur-Yon
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 La Roche-sur-Yon.
Note that all distances from La Roche-sur-Yon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
La Roche-sur-Yon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to La Roche-sur-Yon (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 La Roche-sur-Yon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de Chaligny (26km) : Jardins du Bâtiment (35km) :
- National Monuments: Georges Clemenceau house (30km) :
Map of places to visit near La Roche-sur-Yon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Roche-sur-Yon
Canton: Roche-sur-Yon
Arrondissement: Roche-sur-Yon
Department: Vendee
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 85000
Distance to La Roche-sur-Yon
from La Roche-sur-Yon: 0 km
from Paris: 372 km
from Calais: 532 km
from Nice: 757 km
from Bordeaux: 215 km
from Strasbourg: 719 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 2 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of La Roche-sur-Yon): Les Clouzeaux and Mouilleron-le-Captif.
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 La Roche-sur-Yon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez La Roche-sur-Yon