racetrack
Circuit de la Sarthe (Le Mans)
Home of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the world's oldest sports car endurance race
40 km · about 45 min drive
Pays de la Loire, France · Europe
Saint-Calais sits on the route: 15 minutes from Savigny-sur-Braye, 59km from Chateau Royal d'Amboise.
Saint-Calais is a town located in Pays de la Loire, France. With a population of 4,121, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Saint-Calais sits in France, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Paris time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Saint-Calais to your route.
Saint-Calais (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ kalɛ]) is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France.
Prior to the French Revolution it was known for its Benedictine abbey named after the Anisola stream (modern Aniole, a tributary of the Braye). Saint-Calais is a later nameRead more
coming from one of the local saints of the Perche area. William of St. Calais, a product of this monastery, was a post-conquest bishop of Durham. There are no remains of the Abbey, which was a principal land-owner in the vicinity. The existing parish church has a fine Renaissance facade. The Aniole was dammed by the monks, thereby retaining a significant lake area.
Reaction against monastic landowners and the relative proximity to Paris (under twenty-four hours by stage-coach) conditioned the nineteenth century politics of the town. The coming of the railways and more recently of the motorway favoured neighbouring La Ferté-Bernard which has grown at the expense of Saint-Calais, which has a population under 4000 and which lost its sous-préfecture status in 1926. The town however retains certain services appropriate to that level, e.g. hospital facilities.
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Saint-Calais is located in Pays de la Loire, France, Europe. The coordinates are 47.9202 latitude, 0.7438 longitude.
Saint-Calais has a population of approximately 4,121 people, making it a town in France.
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racetrack
Home of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the world's oldest sports car endurance race
40 km · about 45 min drive
museum
Museum dedicated to the world's greatest endurance race featuring winning cars from over a century of Le Mans history.
40 km · about 45 min drive
castle
A royal chateau perched above the Loire where Leonardo da Vinci spent his final years and is buried in the chapel.
59 km · about 70 min drive
April to October
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