Saint-Contest travel guide
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Visit Saint-Contest: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Contest is situated in the Calvados department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 5 km from Caen, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Contest is 205 km from Paris and 252 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Caen at 4 km from Saint-Contest
Popular places to visit near Saint-Contest: these include Caen at 4 km and Creully at 13 km. Abbaye de Caen (Caen) is a listed 'religious monument' at 4km and Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) is a listed 'religious monument' at 14km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Selected places to visit and attractions near Saint-Contest, France
Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.
Things to see in Saint-Contest and nearby
Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Saint-Contest
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Brécy (14km) : Plantbessin (28km) : Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (35km) : Boutemont (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Beuvron (26km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (4km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (14km) : Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (14km) : Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (14km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (23km) : Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (38km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cabourg (22km) : Touques (40km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Havre (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Contest & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Contest
Canton: Caen 2e Canton
Arrondissement: Caen
Department: Calvados
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 14280
Distance to Saint-Contest
from Caen: 5 km
from Paris: 205 km
from Calais: 252 km
from Nice: 848 km
from Bordeaux: 487 km
from Strasbourg: 600 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
Other communes near Saint-Contest (within 6 km): Anguerny : Anisy : Authie : Bieville-Beuville : Bretteville-sur-Odon : Caen : Cairon : Cambes-en-Plaine : Carpiquet : Colomby-sur-Thaon : Epron : Lasson : Le Fresne-Camilly : Mathieu : Periers-sur-le-Dan : Rosel : Rots : Thaon : Villons-les-Buissons :
Saint-Contest holidays and travel
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This page in French: Visitez Saint-Contest