Saint-Aignan travel guide
Visit Saint-Aignan: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Belleme at 24 km from Saint-Aignan
Location: Saint-Aignan is situated in the Sarthe department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 24 km from Le Mans, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Aignan is 164 km from Paris and 323 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Saint-Aignan: these include Belleme at 24 km and Le Mans at 25 km. Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) is a listed religious monument at 23 km and Coulaines is a listed ville fleurie 4* at 24 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Saint-Aignan, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Aignan
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 Saint-Aignan.
Note that all distances from Saint-Aignan shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Aignan holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Saint-Aignan
- Bonnetable: market every Tuesday & Friday (8km)
- Mamers: market every Monday (15km)
- Beaumont-sur-Sarthe: market every Tuesday (16km)
- Connerre: market every Wednesday (20km)
- La Ferte-Bernard: market every Saturday & Monday (24km)
- Fresnay-sur-Sarthe: market every Saturday (25km)
- Le Theil: market every Wednesday (26km)
- Le Mans: market every every day except Monday (28km)
- Conlie: market every Thursday (28km)
- Alencon: market every Tuesday & Thursday all day & Sunday & Saturday (31km)
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 Saint-Aignan and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Saint-Aignan map below.
Most Beautiful Village Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei (34km)
National Monument Carrouges Chateau (53km)
Recommended Detour Nogent-le-Rotrou (38km)
Regional Natural Parc Perche (39km)
Religious Monument Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (23km); Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (25km)
Remarkable Garden Jardin du château de Vilaines (37km); Jardins du Mirail (39km); Jardin de la petite Rochelle (40km); Jardins de la Massonnière (45km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Le Mans (28km)
Town Of Art And History Le Mans (25km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Coulaines (24km); Cogners (45km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Spaycific'Zoo (36km)
Map of places to visit near Saint-Aignan & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Aignan
Canton: Marolles-les-Braults
Arrondissement: Mamers
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72110
Distance to Saint-Aignan
from Le Mans (local prefecture): 24 km
from Paris: 164 km
from Calais: 323 km
from Nice: 733 km
from Bordeaux: 382 km
from Strasbourg: 548 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Aignan): Avesnes-en-Saosnois, Briosne-les-Sables, Courcemont, Courcival, Disse-sous-Ballon, Jauze, Marolles-les-Braults, Nauvay, Peray and Terrehault.
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 Saint-Aignan from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Aignan