Le Mans
Le Mans is a town in Pays de la Loire in France, best known for its annual 24-hour automobile race. Le Mans is twinned with Bolton, England. Wikivoyage
Population 146,249 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in France
Getting there
Remembered in this browser only, with the last few you used.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide-
Saint Julian Cathedral Attraction · 180 m
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Musée Jean-Claude-Boulard / Carré Plantagenêt Museum · 60 m -
Saint Julian stone Archaeological site · 220 m -
Musée de Tessé Museum · 470 m
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Abbaye Saint-Pierre de la Couture Monastery · 670 m
- Way-back to life Memorial · 810 m
- Centre du Patrimoine de la Facture Instrumentale Museum · 720 m
- Fouilles archéologiques du jardin de la cathédrale Archaeological site · 140 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Eating nearby
All 83 places to eatSomewhere to run
Getting around
- Jacobins - Quinconces 190 m
- Comtes du Maine - Office de tourisme 370 m
- République 430 m
- Éperon - Cité Plantagenêt 450 m
- Lafayette 620 m
- Croix de Pierre 710 m
Train stations: Le Mans 1.5 km, Le Mans-Hôpital 1.9 km
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.