Saint-Mesmin travel guide
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Visit Saint-Mesmin: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Mesmin is situated in the Vendee department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the west of France at 55 km from La Roche-sur-Yon, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Mesmin is 325 km from Paris and 499 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Vouvant at 25 km from Saint-Mesmin
Popular places to visit near Saint-Mesmin: these include Vouvant at 25 km and Fontenay-le-Comte at 37 km.
Parc oriental de Maulévrier is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 24km and Vouvant is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 25km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Saint-Mesmin, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Mesmin
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-Mesmin.
Note that all distances from Saint-Mesmin shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Mesmin holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Mesmin (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-Mesmin and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc oriental de Maulévrier (24km) : Jardins du Bâtiment (34km) : Jardins de Chaligny (40km) : La Guyonnière (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Vouvant (25km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame (Vouvant) (25km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (41km) : Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (45km) : Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (46km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (47km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cholet (32km) : Thouars (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Parthenay (41km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (37km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Mesmin & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Mesmin
Canton: Pouzauges
Arrondissement: Fontenay-le-Comte
Department: Vendee
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 85700
Distance to Saint-Mesmin
from La Roche-sur-Yon: 55 km
from Paris: 325 km
from Calais: 499 km
from Nice: 714 km
from Bordeaux: 218 km
from Strasbourg: 665 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Mesmin): Cerizay, La Pommeraie-sur-Sevre, Montournais, Montravers and Saint-Andre-sur-Sevre.
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-Mesmin from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Mesmin