Banvou travel guide

Banvou photo, taken in Domfront France

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Visit Banvou: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Banvou is situated in the Orne department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 54 km from Alencon, the department capital. (General information: Banvou is 214 km from Paris and 308 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Domfront at 10 km from Banvou

Popular places to visit near Banvou: these include Domfront at 10 km and Bagnoles de l'Orne at 16 km.

Domfront is a listed 'recommended detour' at 10km and Saint-Fraimbault is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 22km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

Photos taken within 10 km

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Selected places to visit and attractions near Banvou, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Banvou

photo of Vire
Vire 31km
photo of Falaise
Falaise 37km
photo of Mayenne
Mayenne 39km

See France This Way travel guides for Orne and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Banvou.

Note that all distances from Banvou shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Banvou holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Banvou (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 Banvou and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Sassy (42km) :
  2. National Monuments: Carrouges Chateau (32km) :
  3. Beautiful Villages: Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei (49km) :
  4. Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Fraimbault (22km) : Saint-Loup-du-Gast (31km) :
  5. Towns of Art and History: Mayenne (39km) : Jublains (45km) :
  6. Recommended Detour Town: Domfront (10km) : Argentan (41km) :

Map of places to visit near Banvou & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Banvou

Canton: Messei

Arrondissement: Argentan

Department: Orne

Region: Normandy

Postcode: 61450

Distance to Banvou

from Alencon: 54 km

from Paris: 214 km

from Calais: 308 km

from Nice: 816 km

from Bordeaux: 425 km

from Strasbourg: 610 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Banvou): Champsecret, Dompierre, La Chapelle-Au-Moine, La Chapelle-Biche, La Ferriere-Aux-Etangs, Le Chatellier, Messei, Saint-Andre-de-Messei, Saint-Bomer-les-Forges, Saint-Clair-de-Halouze and Saires-la-Verrerie.

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 Banvou from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Banvou