Seeing Pontmain? Begin at Centre d'Art Contemporain de Pontmain
The commune itself has 3 places on our list; one more is within 5 km of its centre. They include 2 museums, an attraction and a château. Close to the centre, within 1 km, are 3 of them. For a longer trip, Château de Fougères lies 14 km away.
Pontmain’s best known
Close behind Centre d'Art Contemporain de Pontmain are an attraction, a museum and a château.
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.
Mapped
The outermost point is Château de Mausson, at 1.1 km.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Pontmain; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
By kind
It comes down to 2 museums, an attraction and a château.
Dark: in Pontmain. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
The full list
First the 3 in town, then one within 5 km of its centre.
The 3 places in Pontmain first, then those within 5 km of its centre.
Bigger names, a drive away
Most famous of the 12 is Château de Fougères, 14 km from the centre.
AttractionAbbaye Blanche26 km north, in Mortain-BocageCathedralCathedralCathédrale Saint-André d'Avranches35 km northwest, in AvranchesChâteauChâteauChâteau de Bonnefontaine32 km west, in Val-CouesnonChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Paluelle21 km northwest, in Saint-JamesChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Motte-Husson38 km southeast, in Martigné-sur-MayenneChâteauChâteauChâteau de Fresnay31 km south, in Le Bourgneuf-la-ForêtChâteauChâteauChâteau de Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier32 km southwest, in Saint-Aubin-du-CormierChâteauChâteauChâteau de Domfront35 km northeast, in Domfront en PoiraiePlaces within 40 km of Pontmain with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Asked about places to visit in Pontmain
What is there to see in Pontmain?
The first on our list in Pontmain are Centre d'Art Contemporain de Pontmain, Grange Barbedette and Musée des Voyants. We list 3 places in town. Another 1 is within 5 km of the centre.
Are there museums in or near Pontmain?
2 museums and galleries in town or within 5 km, including Centre d'Art Contemporain de Pontmain and Musée des Voyants.
What well-known places are within a day out of Pontmain?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Château de Fougères (14 km), Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel (40 km), Jardin botanique de Haute-Bretagne (15 km), Château de Vitré (37 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 Pontmain, 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.