The A 11 autoroute is a motorway which connects
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
with
Nantes
Nantes (, , ; Gallo: or ; ) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 314,138 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabita ...
via
Le Mans
Le Mans (, ) is a city in northwestern France on the Sarthe River where it meets the Huisne. Traditionally the capital of the province of Maine, it is now the capital of the Sarthe department and the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Le Man ...
and
Angers
Angers (, , ) is a city in western France, about southwest of Paris. It is the prefecture of the Maine-et-Loire department and was the capital of the province of Anjou until the French Revolution. The inhabitants of both the city and the prov ...
. It is called L'Océane. The road is long.
Regions crossed
The following list indexes the sites worth visiting within 14 km of the road.
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Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
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Chartres
Chartres () is the prefecture of the Eure-et-Loir department in the Centre-Val de Loire region in France. It is located about southwest of Paris. At the 2019 census, there were 170,763 inhabitants in the metropolitan area of Chartres (as d ...
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Le Mans
Le Mans (, ) is a city in northwestern France on the Sarthe River where it meets the Huisne. Traditionally the capital of the province of Maine, it is now the capital of the Sarthe department and the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Le Man ...
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Angers
Angers (, , ) is a city in western France, about southwest of Paris. It is the prefecture of the Maine-et-Loire department and was the capital of the province of Anjou until the French Revolution. The inhabitants of both the city and the prov ...
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Nantes
Nantes (, , ; Gallo: or ; ) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 314,138 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabita ...
History
* 1972: Opening of the first section, ''La Folie Bessin'' - Thivars, is 68 km (A 10 and A 11).
* 1975: Opening of the section Chartres to La Ferté-Bernard.
* 1978: Opening of the section La Ferté-Bernard to Le Mans.
* 1981: Opening of the section Angers-Nantes.
* 2008: Opening of the Angers bypass
Route
Managed by Cofiroute
* A10-A11
* 01 (Ablis) to 4 km: served cities
Ablis
Ablis () is a commune in the Yvelines department in north-central France.
History
During the Franco-Prussian War, when a German unit moved to take Ablis on October 7, 1870, they were ambushed and routed by about 1,500 French militia soldiers who ...
and
Rambouillet
Rambouillet (, , ) is a subprefecture of the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region of France. It is located beyond the outskirts of Paris, southwest of its centre. In 2018, the commune had a population of 26,933.
Rambouillet lies ...
** Rest Areas: Gourville (westbound), Chaudonnes (eastbound)
** Service Area: Chartres
* 02 (Chartres-East) to 27 km: served city
Chartres
Chartres () is the prefecture of the Eure-et-Loir department in the Centre-Val de Loire region in France. It is located about southwest of Paris. At the 2019 census, there were 170,763 inhabitants in the metropolitan area of Chartres (as d ...
** Rest Areas: Les Souchets (westbound), Les Moineaux (eastbound)
* 03 (Chartres-Center) to 40 km: served cities
Chartres
Chartres () is the prefecture of the Eure-et-Loir department in the Centre-Val de Loire region in France. It is located about southwest of Paris. At the 2019 census, there were 170,763 inhabitants in the metropolitan area of Chartres (as d ...
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Châteaudun
Châteaudun () is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. It was the site of the Battle of Châteaudun during the Franco-Prussian War.
Geography
Châteaudun is located about 45& ...
** Rest Areas: La Poële Percée (westbound), Les Dix-Sept-Setiers (eastbound)
** Rest Areas: Charamerie (westbound), Leu (eastbound)
** Service Area: Brou
* 04 (Brou) to 74 km: served cities
Brou
Brou may refer to:
* Brou, Eure-et-Loir, a village and ''commune'' in France
* Brou-sur-Chantereine, a village and ''commune'' in Seine-et-Marne, France
* Brou people, a Khmer Loeu ethnic group in Cambodia
See also
* Royal Monastery of Brou, in B ...
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Nogent-le-Rotrou
Nogent-le-Rotrou () is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France.
It is a sub-prefecture and is located on the river Huisne, 56 kilometres west of Chartres on the RN23 and 150 kilometres south west of Paris, to which it is li ...
** Rest Areas: Les Charms (westbound), La Petite Jardinière (eastbound)
** Rest Areas: Théligny (westbound), Montmirail (eastbound)
* 05 (La Ferté-Bernard) to 102 km: served cities
La Ferté-Bernard
La Ferté-Bernard () is a commune in the Sarthe department in the Pays de la Loire region in north-western France.
History
La Ferté-Bernard owes its origin and name to a stronghold (''fermeté'') built about the 11th century and afterwards held ...
**Service Areas: La Ferté-Bernard (westbound), Villaines-la-Ganais (eastbound)
** Rest Areas: Parnouette (westbound), La Charpenterie (eastbound)
** Rest Areas: Haras de Maulepaire (westbound), Martinière (eastbound)
* A28 - A11
** Service Area: La Sarthe-Sargé-Le-Mans
* 07 (Le Mans) to 144 km: served city
Le Mans
Le Mans (, ) is a city in northwestern France on the Sarthe River where it meets the Huisne. Traditionally the capital of the province of Maine, it is now the capital of the Sarthe department and the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Le Man ...
* A28-A11
* A81-A11 to 148 km
* 08 (Le Mans-Center) to 150 km: served city
Le Mans
Le Mans (, ) is a city in northwestern France on the Sarthe River where it meets the Huisne. Traditionally the capital of the province of Maine, it is now the capital of the Sarthe department and the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Le Man ...
Le Mans to Angers managed by ASF
** Rest Area: Pruillé-le-Chétif
* 09 (Allonnes Le Mans-South) to 158 km: served cities
Le Mans
Le Mans (, ) is a city in northwestern France on the Sarthe River where it meets the Huisne. Traditionally the capital of the province of Maine, it is now the capital of the Sarthe department and the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Le Man ...
and
Allonnes
** Rest Area: Pirmil
** Service Area: Parcé-sur-Sarthe
* 10 (Sablé La Flèche) to 191 km: served cities
Sablé-sur-Sarthe
Sablé-sur-Sarthe (, literally ''Sablé on Sarthe''), commonly referred to as Sablé, is a commune in the Sarthe department, in the Pays de la Loire region, western France. It is about 50 km northeast of Angers.
Population
Geography
The Va ...
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La Flèche
La Flèche () is a town and commune in the French department of Sarthe, in the Pays de la Loire region in the Loire Valley. It is the sub-prefecture of the South-Sarthe, the chief district and the chief city of a canton, and the second most po ...
* 11 (Durtal) to 205 km: served city
Durtal
Durtal is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. It is around 32 km north-east of Angers the department capital.
See also
*Communes of the Maine-et-Loire department
The following is a list of the 177 communes of th ...
** Rest Area: La Chapelle-Saint-Laud
* 12 (Seiches-sur-le-Loir Baugé) to 218 km: served cities
Seiches-sur-le-Loir
Seiches-sur-le-Loir (, literally ''Seiches on the Loir'') is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. It is around 20 km north-east of Angers.
See also
*Communes of the Maine-et-Loire department
The following is a list o ...
and
Baugé
Baugé () is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire ''département'' in western France. On 1 January 2013, it was merged with the former communes of Montpollin, Pontigné, Saint-Martin-d'Arcé and Le Vieil-Baugé to create the commune of Baugé-en ...
* A85-A11 to 221 km
* Péage de Corzé
** Rest Area: Bauné
* 13 (Pellouailles-les-Vignes) to 232 km: served city
Pellouailles-les-Vignes
Pellouailles-les-Vignes () is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Verrières-en-Anjou.Niort
Niort (; Poitevin: ''Niàu''; oc, Niòrt; la, Novioritum) is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department, western France. It is the prefecture of Deux-Sèvres.
The population of Niort is 58,707 (2017) and more than 177,000 people live in the u ...
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Cholet
Cholet (, , probably from Latin language, Latin ''cauletum'', "cabbage") is a Communes of France, commune of western France in the Maine-et-Loire Departments of France, department. With 54,307 inhabitants (2019), it is the second most populous c ...
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Poitiers
Poitiers (, , , ; Poitevin: ''Poetàe'') is a city on the River Clain in west-central France. It is a commune and the capital of the Vienne department and the historical centre of Poitou. In 2017 it had a population of 88,291. Its agglomerat ...
From Angers to Nantes managed by Cofiroute
* 15: to 241 km served city
Angers
Angers (, , ) is a city in western France, about southwest of Paris. It is the prefecture of the Maine-et-Loire department and was the capital of the province of Anjou until the French Revolution. The inhabitants of both the city and the prov ...
* 16: to 245 km served city
Angers
Angers (, , ) is a city in western France, about southwest of Paris. It is the prefecture of the Maine-et-Loire department and was the capital of the province of Anjou until the French Revolution. The inhabitants of both the city and the prov ...
* 17: to 248 km served city
Angers
Angers (, , ) is a city in western France, about southwest of Paris. It is the prefecture of the Maine-et-Loire department and was the capital of the province of Anjou until the French Revolution. The inhabitants of both the city and the prov ...
* 18 (Saint-Jean-de-Linières): to 254 km served city
Saint-Jean-de-Linières
Saint-Jean-de-Linières () is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Saint-Léger-de-Linières.Chalonnes-sur-Loire
Chalonnes-sur-Loire is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. It is located on the left bank of the river Loire in the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site area.
Geography
The town is in the heart of the Anjou, a histor ...
** Service Area: Varades
* Péage d'Ancenis
* 20 (Ancenis): to 294 km served city
Ancenis
Ancenis (; ) is a former Communes of France, commune in the Loire-Atlantique Departments of France, department in western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Ancenis-Saint-Géréon. It is a former Subprefectures in France ...
** Rest Areas: Le Cellier (westbound), Launay (eastbound)
* 22: to 319 km City served
Nantes
Nantes (, , ; Gallo: or ; ) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 314,138 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabita ...
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A811-A11
* 23: to 322 km served city
Nantes
Nantes (, , ; Gallo: or ; ) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 314,138 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabita ...
* 24 (westbound only): to 324 km served city
Nantes
Nantes (, , ; Gallo: or ; ) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 314,138 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabita ...
* 25: to 325 km served city
Nantes
Nantes (, , ; Gallo: or ; ) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 314,138 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabita ...
* to 328 km
A844-A11
External links
A11 Motorway in Saratlas
{{DEFAULTSORT:A11 Autoroute
Autoroutes in France
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