Saint-Maixent-sur-Vie travel guide
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Visit Saint-Maixent-sur-Vie: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Maixent-sur-Vie is situated in the Vendee department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the west of France at 31 km from La Roche-sur-Yon, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Maixent-sur-Vie is 390 km from Paris and 540 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint Gilles Croix de Vie at 10 km from Saint-Maixent-sur-Vie
Popular places to visit near Saint-Maixent-sur-Vie: these include Saint Gilles Croix de Vie at 10 km and Sables d'Olonne at 27 km.
Saint-Jean-de-Monts is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 19km and Notre-Dame-de-Monts is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 26km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Saint-Maixent-sur-Vie: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Saint-Maixent-sur-Vie, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Maixent-sur-Vie
See France This Way travel guides for Vendee and Pays-de-la-Loire (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Maixent-sur-Vie.
Note that all distances from Saint-Maixent-sur-Vie shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Maixent-sur-Vie holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Maixent-sur-Vie (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 Vendee 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-sur-Vie and wondering what to do next!
- National Monuments: Georges Clemenceau house (42km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Jean-de-Monts (19km) : Notre-Dame-de-Monts (26km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Maixent-sur-Vie & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Maixent-sur-Vie
Canton: Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie
Arrondissement: Sables-d'Olonne
Department: Vendee
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 85220
Distance to Saint-Maixent-sur-Vie
from La Roche-sur-Yon: 31 km
from Paris: 390 km
from Calais: 540 km
from Nice: 787 km
from Bordeaux: 233 km
from Strasbourg: 745 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 3 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Maixent-sur-Vie): Coex, Commequiers and Saint-Reverend.
Getting here
Vendee is in the west of France. Most visitors arrive by car from a cross-channel ferry port - Saint Malo is convenient at around 3 hours drive. For driving distances to Saint-Maixent-sur-Vie from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Maixent-sur-Vie