Saint-Pierre-de-Coutances tourism and travel guide
Visit Saint-Pierre-de-Coutances: highlights and tourist information
To Visit AttractionsSaint-Pierre-de-Coutances is situated in the Manche department and Normandy region, in the north of France at 28 kilometres from Saint-Lo, the department capital (general information: Saint-Pierre-de-Coutances is 278 kilometres from Paris).
Popular places to visit nearby include Coutances at 1 km and Lessay abbey at 22 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Saint-Pierre-de-Coutances, France: places to visit and attractions
Some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Saint-Pierre-de-Coutances in Normandy.
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!
... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Manche
Map of places to visit near Saint-Pierre-de-Coutances
Markets in and near Saint-Pierre-de-Coutances
- Coutances: market Thursday & Saturday (2km)
- Agon-Coutainville: market Tuesday & Saturday (10km)
- Gouville-sur-Mer: market Monday - seasonal market only (12km)
- Gouville-sur-Mer: market Friday (12km)
- Brehal: market Tuesday & Sunday (16km)
- Gavray: market Saturday (16km)
- Marigny: market Wednesday (17km)
- Periers: market Saturday (17km)
- Granville: market Wednesday & Saturday all day (24km)
- Saint-Pair-sur-Mer: market Thursday (26km)
More information about Saint-Pierre-de-Coutances, Normandy
Tourist attractions near Saint-Pierre-de-Coutances, France
Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Saint-Pierre-de-Coutances.
Grand sites of France
- Baie du Mont Saint-Michel (45km)
Heritage sites
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
- Granville (24km)
Regional Natural Parcs
- Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin (32km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (42km)
Remarkable gardens
- Argences (3km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Roches de Ham (30km)
- Chausey (32km)
- Forêt de Saint-Sever (39km)
- Forêt de Cerisy (45km)
- Baie des Veys (45km)
- Île des Landes (45km)
- Pointe du Grouin (46km)
- Île des Rimains (48km)
- Île du Guesclin (49km)
- Côte de Cancale à Paramé (50km)
- Île Besnard (53km)
- Havre de Rothéneuf (53km)
- Pointe de la Varde (55km)
- Cézembre (60km)
- Embouchure - Rance (61km)
- Rance (fleuve) (61km)
Towns of Art and history
Villages d'etape
(recommended place to break a long journey)
- Villedieu-les-Poeles (28km)
- Torigni-sur-Vire (34km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Domjean (31km)
- Saint-Malo (59km)
Zoo and/or wildlife park
- Parc zoologique de Champrepus (24km)
Geography and distances
Distance to Saint-Pierre-de-Coutances
from Saint-Lo (prefecture): 28 km
from Paris: 278 km
from Calais: 318 km
from Nice: 893 km
from Bordeaux: 471 km
from Strasbourg: 675 km
Getting here
Saint-Pierre-de-Coutances is in the north of France. Most visitors arrive by car, often from the ferries at Saint-Malo, Cherbourg or Caen on the coast here which are very convenient. For driving distances to Saint-Pierre-de-Coutances from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 17 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Brainville, Bricqueville-la-Blouette, Cambernon, Contrieres, Courcy, Coutances, Gratot, Heugueville-sur-Sienne, Hyenville, La Vendelee, Montchaton, Monthuchon, Montmartin-sur-Mer, Nicorps, Orval, Saint-Denis-le-Vetu and Saussey.
This page in French: Visiter Saint-Pierre-de-Coutances
