The A 11 autoroute is a motorway which connects Paris with Nantes via Le Mans and Angers. It is called L'Océane. The road is 343 kilometres (213 mi) long.

A11 autoroute shield
A11 autoroute
l'Océane
Route information
Part of E50 E501 E60
Maintained by Vinci Autoroutes
Length343 km (213 mi)
Existed1966–present
Major junctions
East end A 10 near Ponthevrard
Major intersections
West end A 844 near Nantes
Location
CountryFrance
Highway system
  • Roads in France

Regions crossed

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The following list indexes the sites worth visiting within 14 km of the road.

History

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  • 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

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Managed by Cofiroute

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  •   A10-A11
  •  01 (Ablis) to 4 km: served cities Ablis and Rambouillet
    •   Rest Areas: Gourville (westbound), Chaudonnes (eastbound)
    •   Service Area: Chartres
  •  02 (Chartres-East) to 27 km: served city Chartres
    •   Rest Areas: Les Souchets (westbound), Les Moineaux (eastbound)
  •  03 (Chartres-Center) to 40 km: served cities Chartres and Châteaudun
    •   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 and Nogent-le-Rotrou
    •   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
    •  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
  •  A28-A11
  •  A81-A11 to 148 km
  •  08 (Le Mans-Center) to 150 km: served city Le Mans

Le Mans to Angers managed by ASF

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From Angers to Nantes managed by Cofiroute

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  •  15: to 241 km served city Angers
  •  16: to 245 km served city Angers
  •  17: to 248 km served city Angers
  •  18 (Saint-Jean-de-Linières): to 254 km served city Saint-Jean-de-Linières
    •   Rest Areas: Montilets (westbound), Réveilllon (eastbound)
  •  19 (Chalonnes-sur-Loire): to 264 km served city Chalonnes-sur-Loire
    •   Service Area: Varades
  •  Péage d'Ancenis
  •  20 (Ancenis): to 294 km served city Ancenis
    •   Rest Areas: Le Cellier (westbound), Launay (eastbound)
  •  22: to 319 km City served Nantes
  •  A811-A11
  •  23: to 322 km served city Nantes
  •  24 (westbound only): to 324 km served city Nantes
  •  25: to 325 km served city Nantes
  •   to 328 km A844-A11
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