Nouans travel guide
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Visit Nouans: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Nouans is situated in the Sarthe department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 29 km from Le Mans, the department capital. (General information: Nouans is 171 km from Paris and 324 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Alencon at 23 km from Nouans
Popular places to visit near Nouans: these include Alencon at 23 km and Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei at 26 km.
Coulaines is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 24km and Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) is a listed 'religious monument' at 25km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Nouans, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Nouans
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 Nouans.
Note that all distances from Nouans shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Nouans holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Nouans (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 Nouans and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de Vilaines (35km) : Jardins du Mirail (35km) : Jardins de la Massonnière (40km) : Jardin de la petite Rochelle (46km) : Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux (46km) :
- National Monuments: Carrouges Chateau (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei (26km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (25km) : Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (26km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Coulaines (24km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Mans (26km) : Sainte-Suzanne (45km) : Evron (47km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nogent-le-Rotrou (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Nouans & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Nouans
Canton: Marolles-les-Braults
Arrondissement: Mamers
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72260
Distance to Nouans
from Le Mans: 29 km
from Paris: 171 km
from Calais: 324 km
from Nice: 742 km
from Bordeaux: 383 km
from Strasbourg: 557 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Nouans): Cherance, Conge-sur-Orne, Courgains, Dangeul, Disse-sous-Ballon, Doucelles, Luce-sous-Ballon, Maresche, Meurce, Rene, Thoigne and Vivoin.
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 Nouans from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Nouans