Château de Saint-Pois is Saint-Pois’ place to visit
For a trip from Saint-Pois, Pont Bailey is 21 km away. One place to visit is mapped in Saint-Pois, and one more within 5 km of its centre. On the list: a château and a museum, among others. In town, one site is a listed historic monument.
Start here in Saint-Pois
After Château de Saint-Pois, look out for a museum.
Best known first: by how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each place (Wikidata’s count). It isn’t a ranking of how good they are.
Plotted on the map
The outermost point is Parc-musée du Granit, at 3.2 km.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Saint-Pois; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
What they are
It comes down to a château and a museum.
Dark: in Saint-Pois. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
Each place in turn
The one inside Saint-Pois comes first, then one more within 5 km of its centre.
The one place in Saint-Pois, then those within 5 km of its centre.
The history of Saint-Pois → · Parks and trails in Saint-Pois →
A little further out
Allow a day for Pont Bailey, 21 km away, the pick of 12.
AttractionAbbaye Blanche13 km southeast, in Mortain-BocageCathedralCathedralCathédrale Saint-André d'Avranches23 km west, in AvranchesMuseumMuseumAbbaye Notre-Dame de Hambye24 km northwest, in HambyeAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye de La Lucerne30 km west, in La Lucerne-d'OutremerFortFortDonjon de Vire16 km northeast, in Vire NormandieGardenGardenJardin botanique de Haute-Bretagne38 km south, in Le ChâtellierZooZooParc zoologique de Champrepus21 km northwest, in ChamprepusMuseumMuseumMusée de la céramique18 km east, in Le Fresne-PoretChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Paluelle31 km southwest, in Saint-JamesChâteauChâteauChâteau des Matignon32 km north, in Torigny-les-VillesPlaces within 40 km of Saint-Pois with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Saint-Pois: questions and answers
What is there to see in Saint-Pois?
The one place mapped in Saint-Pois is Château de Saint-Pois. We list 1 place in town. Another 1 is within 5 km of the centre.
Are there museums in or near Saint-Pois?
One, in town or within 5 km: Parc-musée du Granit.
Which places in Saint-Pois are listed historic monuments?
One place on this page in Saint-Pois is a listed or registered historic monument (Mérimée): Château de Saint-Pois.
What well-known places are within a day out of Saint-Pois?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Pont Bailey (21 km), Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel (35 km), Abbaye Blanche (13 km), Cathédrale Saint-André d'Avranches (23 km).
How is this list made?
From OpenStreetMap and Wikidata: named museums, galleries, châteaux, abbeys, gardens, zoos, theme parks and other visitor attractions whose mapped point lies inside the commune of Saint-Pois, then those in the communes within 5 km of its centre, and well-known places within 40 km. Houses, ruins and gardens need a sign they’re open to visitors; places marked private, closed or disused are left out. The historic-monument link is the Culture ministry’s Mérimée record. A place that isn’t mapped isn’t listed, so this isn’t everything there is to see.
Sources: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0: descriptions, websites, Wikipedia articles), the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0), IGN commune boundaries. Distances are from the commune’s centre point.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (1)
- Abbaye Blanche: XXCM, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.