Saint-Maixent travel guide
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Visit Saint-Maixent: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Maixent is situated in the Sarthe department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 36 km from Le Mans, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Maixent is 151 km from Paris and 330 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Nogent-le-Rotrou at 29 km from Saint-Maixent
Popular places to visit near Saint-Maixent: these include Nogent-le-Rotrou at 29 km and Belleme at 33 km.
Cogners is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 25km and Nogent-le-Rotrou is a listed 'recommended detour' at 29km. 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 Saint-Maixent, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Maixent
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-Maixent.
Note that all distances from Saint-Maixent shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Maixent holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Maixent (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 Saint-Maixent and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Poncé (36km) : Jardin de la petite Rochelle (39km) : Jardin d’atmosphère du Petit Bordeaux (43km) : Jardin du domaine de Sasnières (46km) : Jardin du château de Vilaines (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lavardin (42km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (30km) : Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (35km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cogners (25km) : Coulaines (34km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Mans (35km) : Vendome (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nogent-le-Rotrou (29km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Maixent & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Maixent
Canton: Montmirail
Arrondissement: Mamers
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72320
Distance to Saint-Maixent
from Le Mans: 36 km
from Paris: 151 km
from Calais: 330 km
from Nice: 707 km
from Bordeaux: 374 km
from Strasbourg: 527 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-Maixent): Bouer, Dollon, Lamnay, Lavare, Le Luart, Saint-Jean-Des-Echelles, Sceaux-sur-Huisne and Villaines-la-Gonais.
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-Maixent from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Maixent