Mont-Saint-Jean travel guide
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Visit Mont-Saint-Jean: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Mont-Saint-Jean is situated in the Sarthe department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 37 km from Le Mans, the department capital. (General information: Mont-Saint-Jean is 193 km from Paris and 332 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei at 15 km from Mont-Saint-Jean
Popular places to visit near Mont-Saint-Jean: these include Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei at 15 km and Evron at 24 km.
Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 15km and Evron is a listed 'town of art and history' at 24km. 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 Mont-Saint-Jean, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Mont-Saint-Jean
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 Mont-Saint-Jean.
Note that all distances from Mont-Saint-Jean shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Mont-Saint-Jean holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Mont-Saint-Jean (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 Mont-Saint-Jean and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Mirail (30km) : Jardins de la Massonnière (31km) : Jardin du château de Vilaines (35km) : Sassy (47km) :
- National Monuments: Carrouges Chateau (35km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei (15km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (35km) : Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (38km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Coulaines (34km) : Saint-Loup-du-Gast (39km) : La Cropte (43km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Evron (24km) : Sainte-Suzanne (25km) : Jublains (29km) : Le Mans (35km) : Saulges (37km) : Mayenne (39km) :
Map of places to visit near Mont-Saint-Jean & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Mont-Saint-Jean
Canton: Sillé-le-Guillaume
Arrondissement: Mans
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72140
Distance to Mont-Saint-Jean
from Le Mans: 37 km
from Paris: 193 km
from Calais: 332 km
from Nice: 761 km
from Bordeaux: 381 km
from Strasbourg: 581 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Mont-Saint-Jean): Douillet, Montreuil-le-Chetif, Peze-le-Robert, Saint-Georges-le-Gaultier, Saint-Germain-de-Coulamer and Saint-Mars-du-Desert.
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 Mont-Saint-Jean from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Mont-Saint-Jean