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Visit Mayenne: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Mayenne is situated in the Mayenne department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the center of France at 28 km from Laval, the department capital. (General information: Mayenne is 226 km from Paris and 344 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Mayenne
Popular places to visit near Mayenne: these include Mayenne at 1 km and Jublains at 10 km.
Mayenne is a listed 'town of art and history' at 1km and Saint-Loup-du-Gast is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 9km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Mayenne: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*; Part of the Pays d'Art et d'Histoire Coëvrons-Mayenne region;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Mayenne, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Mayenne
See France This Way travel guides for Mayenne and Pays-de-la-Loire (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Mayenne.
Note that all distances from Mayenne shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Mayenne holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Mayenne (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 Mayenne 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 Mayenne and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardin de Clivoy (21km) : Jardins de la Pellerine (32km) : Parc floral de Haute-Bretagne (49km) :
- National Monuments: Carrouges Chateau (44km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei (42km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Loup-du-Gast (9km) : Saint-Fraimbault (21km) : Juvigne (32km) : La Cropte (39km) : Fougeres (43km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Mayenne (1km) : Jublains (10km) : Evron (23km) : Laval (28km) : Sainte-Suzanne (30km) : Saulges (39km) : Vitre (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Domfront (32km) :
Map of places to visit near Mayenne & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Mayenne
Canton: Mayenne
Arrondissement: Mayenne
Department: Mayenne
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 53100
Distance to Mayenne
from Laval: 28 km
from Paris: 226 km
from Calais: 344 km
from Nice: 795 km
from Bordeaux: 386 km
from Strasbourg: 617 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Mayenne): Aron, Belgeard, Contest, La Bazoge-Montpincon, Moulay, Oisseau, Parigne-sur-Braye, Saint-Baudelle, Saint-Fraimbault-de-Prieres and Saint-Georges-Buttavent.
Getting here
Mayenne is in the center of France. Most visitors arrive here from the cross channel ports of Saint Malo and Caen, the jorney only taking a couple of hours. For driving distances to Mayenne from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Mayenne