Saint-Paterne travel guide
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Visit Saint-Paterne: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Paterne is situated in the Sarthe department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the north-west of France at 49 km from Le Mans, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Paterne is 172 km from Paris and 308 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Alencon at 2 km from Saint-Paterne
Popular places to visit near Saint-Paterne: these include Alencon at 2 km and Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei at 13 km.
Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 13km and Carrouges Chateau is a listed 'national monument' 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-Paterne, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Paterne
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-Paterne.
Note that all distances from Saint-Paterne shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Paterne holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Paterne (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-Paterne and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Sassy (29km) : Jardin de la petite Rochelle (49km) :
- National Monuments: Carrouges Chateau (25km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei (13km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (46km) : Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Coulaines (44km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Mans (46km) : Jublains (48km) : Evron (48km) : Sainte-Suzanne (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Argentan (38km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Paterne & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Paterne
Canton: Saint-Paterne
Arrondissement: Mamers
Department: Sarthe
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 72610
Distance to Saint-Paterne
from Le Mans: 49 km
from Paris: 172 km
from Calais: 308 km
from Nice: 761 km
from Bordeaux: 401 km
from Strasbourg: 563 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 17 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Paterne): Alencon, Ancinnes, Arconnay, Berus, Cerise, Champfleur, Chenay, Colombiers, Conde-sur-Sarthe, Damigny, Le Chevain, Lignieres-la-Carelle, Lonrai, Montigny, Saint-Germain-du-Corbeis, Saint-Rigomer-Des-Bois and Valframbert.
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-Paterne from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Paterne