Saint-James travel guide
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Visit Saint-James: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-James is situated in the Manche department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 68 km from Saint-Lo, the department capital. (General information: Saint-James is 272 km from Paris and 354 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Mont-Saint-Michel at 19 km from Saint-James
Popular places to visit near Saint-James: these include Mont-Saint-Michel at 19 km and Fougeres at 21 km.
Parc floral de Haute-Bretagne is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 13km and Parc du château de Bonnefontaine is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 14km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Saint-James: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Saint-James, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-James
See France This Way travel guides for Manche and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-James.
Note that all distances from Saint-James shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-James holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-James (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 Normandy and Manche 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 Saint-James and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc floral de Haute-Bretagne (13km) : Parc du château de Bonnefontaine (14km) : Jardin du château de La Ballue (18km) : Jardins de la Pellerine (31km) : Jardins du château de la Bourbansais (45km) : Parc et jardin de Clivoy (47km) : Jardin des fontaines et parc de l’Athanor (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel (Mont-Saint-Michel) (19km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Fougeres (22km) : Juvigne (39km) : Saint-Fraimbault (46km) :
- Heritage Sites: Mont-Saint-Michel (19km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vitre (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Granville (41km) :
- Grand Site of France: Baie du Mont Saint-Michel (19km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-James & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-James
Canton: Saint-James
Arrondissement: Avranches
Department: Manche
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 50240
Distance to Saint-James
from Saint-Lo: 68 km
from Paris: 272 km
from Calais: 354 km
from Nice: 851 km
from Bordeaux: 414 km
from Strasbourg: 667 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-James): Argouges, Carnet, La Croix-Avranchin, Le Ferre, Montjoie-Saint-Martin, Saint-Laurent-de-Terregatte, Vergoncey and Villiers-le-Pre.
Getting here
Manche is in the north of France. Most visitors arrive by car, often from the ferries at Saint-Malo, Cherbourg or Caen on the coast here which are very convenient. For driving distances to Saint-James from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-James