Montfort-le-Gesnois travel guide
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Visit Montfort-le-Gesnois: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Montfort-le-Gesnois is situated in the Sarthe department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 17 km from Le Mans, the department capital. (General information: Montfort-le-Gesnois is 169 km from Paris and 339 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Le Mans at 16 km from Montfort-le-Gesnois
Popular places to visit near Montfort-le-Gesnois: these include Le Mans at 16 km and Belleme at 38 km.
Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) is a listed 'religious monument' at 10km and Coulaines is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 15km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Montfort-le-Gesnois: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Montfort-le-Gesnois, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Montfort-le-Gesnois
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 Montfort-le-Gesnois.
Note that all distances from Montfort-le-Gesnois shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Montfort-le-Gesnois holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Montfort-le-Gesnois (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 Montfort-le-Gesnois and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux (28km) : Jardin du château de Vilaines (29km) : Jardins du Mirail (35km) : Jardins du château de Poncé (37km) : Jardins de la Massonnière (41km) : Parc et jardins du château du Lude (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (10km) : Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (16km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Coulaines (15km) : Cogners (28km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Mans (16km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nogent-le-Rotrou (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Montfort-le-Gesnois & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Montfort-le-Gesnois
Canton: Montfort-le-Gesnois
Arrondissement: Mans
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72450
Distance to Montfort-le-Gesnois
from Le Mans: 17 km
from Paris: 169 km
from Calais: 339 km
from Nice: 718 km
from Bordeaux: 365 km
from Strasbourg: 546 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Montfort-le-Gesnois): Ardenay-sur-Merize, Champagne, Fatines, Le Breil-sur-Merize, Lombron, Nuille-le-Jalais, Saint-Corneille, Saint-Mars-la-Briere and Soulitre.
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 Montfort-le-Gesnois from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Montfort-le-Gesnois