Montmirail travel guide
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Visit Montmirail: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Montmirail is situated in the Sarthe department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 46 km from Le Mans, the department capital. (General information: Montmirail is 142 km from Paris and 326 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Nogent-le-Rotrou at 24 km from Montmirail
Popular places to visit near Montmirail: these include Nogent-le-Rotrou at 24 km and Le Perche at 33 km.
Nogent-le-Rotrou is a listed 'recommended detour' at 24km and Cogners is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 28km. 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 Montmirail, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Montmirail
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 Montmirail.
Note that all distances from Montmirail shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Montmirail holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Montmirail (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 Montmirail and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de la petite Rochelle (36km) : Jardins du château de Poncé (39km) : Le pré Catelan (40km) : Jardin du domaine de Sasnières (44km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lavardin (41km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (40km) : Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cogners (28km) : Coulaines (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vendome (39km) : Le Mans (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nogent-le-Rotrou (24km) : Chateaudun (41km) :
Map of places to visit near Montmirail & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Montmirail
Canton: Montmirail
Arrondissement: Mamers
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72320
Distance to Montmirail
from Le Mans: 46 km
from Paris: 142 km
from Calais: 326 km
from Nice: 700 km
from Bordeaux: 378 km
from Strasbourg: 517 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Montmirail): Champrond, Courgenard, Greez-sur-Roc, Le Plessis-Dorin, Melleray, Saint-Jean-Des-Echelles and Vibraye.
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 Montmirail from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Montmirail