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Visit Simple: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Simple is situated in the Mayenne department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the center of France at 21 km from Laval, the department capital. (General information: Simple is 260 km from Paris and 393 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Laval at 22 km from Simple
Popular places to visit near Simple: these include Laval at 22 km and Saulges at 35 km.
Parc et jardins du château de Craon is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 8km and Chateau-Gontier is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 12km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Simple: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Simple, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Simple
See France This Way travel guides for Mayenne and Pays-de-la-Loire (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Simple.
Note that all distances from Simple shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Simple holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Simple (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 Mayenne 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 Simple and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardins du château de Craon (8km) : Parc et jardin de Clivoy (38km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Chateau-Gontier (12km) : Coudray (18km) : Chenille-Change (25km) : La Cropte (28km) : Juvigne (41km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Laval (22km) : Saulges (35km) : Vitre (38km) : Sainte-Suzanne (44km) : Evron (45km) : Jublains (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Simple & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Simplé
Canton: Cossé-le-Vivien
Arrondissement: Château-Gontier
Department: Mayenne
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 53360
Distance to Simple
from Laval: 21 km
from Paris: 260 km
from Calais: 393 km
from Nice: 782 km
from Bordeaux: 340 km
from Strasbourg: 641 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Simple): Cosmes, Denaze, La Chapelle-Craonnaise, Laigne, Marigne-Peuton, Peuton and Quelaines-Saint-Gault.
Getting here
Mayenne is in the center of France. Most visitors arrive here from the cross channel ports of Saint Malo and Caen, the jorney only taking a couple of hours. For driving distances to Simple from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Simple