Brieux travel guide
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Visit Brieux: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Brieux is situated in the Orne department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 47 km from Alencon, the department capital. (General information: Brieux is 178 km from Paris and 273 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Falaise at 10 km from Brieux
Popular places to visit near Brieux: these include Falaise at 10 km and Argentan at 11 km.
Argentan is a listed 'recommended detour' at 11km and Jardins du château de Vendeuvre is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 16km. 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 Brieux, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Brieux
See France This Way travel guides for Orne and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Brieux.
Note that all distances from Brieux shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Brieux holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Brieux (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 Brieux and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (16km) : Sassy (20km) : Boutemont (44km) :
- National Monuments: Carrouges Chateau (31km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Beuvron (39km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (43km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Orbec (41km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Argentan (11km) :
Map of places to visit near Brieux & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Brieux
Canton: Trun
Arrondissement: Argentan
Department: Orne
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 61160
Distance to Brieux
from Alencon: 47 km
from Paris: 178 km
from Calais: 273 km
from Nice: 803 km
from Bordeaux: 447 km
from Strasbourg: 575 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 15 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Brieux): Bailleul, Commeaux, Crocy, Fourches, Gueprei, La Hoguette, Le Marais-la-Chapelle, Merri, Montabard, Necy, Ommoy, Pertheville-Ners, Ri, Ronai and Vignats.
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 Brieux from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Brieux