Alencon travel guide
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Visit Alencon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Alencon is situated in the Orne department (Normandy region) in the north of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Orne department. (General information: Alencon is 173 km from Paris and 308 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Alencon
Popular places to visit near Alencon: these include Alencon at 1 km and Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei at 11 km.
Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 11km and Normandie-Maine is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 23km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Alencon: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Alencon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Alencon
See France This Way travel guides for Orne and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Alencon.
Note that all distances from Alencon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Alencon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Alencon (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Normandy and Orne gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Alencon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Sassy (27km) :
- National Monuments: Carrouges Chateau (23km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei (11km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (48km) : Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Coulaines (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Jublains (47km) : Evron (47km) : Le Mans (48km) : Sainte-Suzanne (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Argentan (36km) :
Map of places to visit near Alencon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Alençon
Canton: Alençon
Arrondissement: Alençon
Department: Orne
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 61000
Distance to Alencon
from Alencon: 0 km
from Paris: 173 km
from Calais: 308 km
from Nice: 763 km
from Bordeaux: 403 km
from Strasbourg: 565 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 16 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Alencon): Arconnay, Cerise, Champfleur, Chenay, Colombiers, Conde-sur-Sarthe, Cuissai, Damigny, Heloup, Le Chevain, Lonrai, Mieuxce, Saint-Germain-du-Corbeis, Saint-Paterne, Semalle and Valframbert.
Getting here
Orne is in the north of France. Most visitors arrive in one of the cross-challen ferry ports with Caen being especially close, typically within an hours drive. For driving distances to Alencon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Alencon