Camembert travel guide
Visit Camembert: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Argentan at 22 km from Camembert
Location: Camembert is situated in the Orne department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 52 km from Alencon, the department capital. (General information: Camembert is 159 km from Paris and 258 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Camembert: these include Argentan at 22 km and Falaise at 27 km. Jardins du château de Vendeuvre is a listed remarkable garden at 21 km and Orbec is a listed town of art and history at 22 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Camembert, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Camembert
See France This Way travel guides for Orne and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Camembert.
Note that all distances from Camembert shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Camembert holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Camembert
- Trun: market every Thursday (12km)
- Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives: market every Monday (21km)
- Orbec: market every Wednesday (22km)
- Argentan: market every Tuesday & Friday (22km)
- Montreuil-l'Argille: market every Tuesday (23km)
- Mezidon-Canon: market every Sunday (27km)
- Falaise: market every Saturday (28km)
- Lisieux: market every Saturday all day (28km)
- Sees: market every Saturday (32km)
- Thiberville: market every Monday (34km)
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 Camembert and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Camembert map below.
Most Beautiful Village Beuvron (37km)
National Monument Carrouges Chateau (44km); Abbey of Bec-Hellouin (54km)
Recommended Detour Argentan (22km)
Religious Monument Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (51km)
Remarkable Garden Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (21km); Sassy (28km); Boutemont (32km)
Town Of Art And History Orbec (22km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Parc zoologique de Lisieux (34km)
Map of places to visit near Camembert & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Camembert
Canton: Vimoutiers
Arrondissement: Argentan
Department: Orne
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 61120
Distance to Camembert
from Alencon (local prefecture): 52 km
from Paris: 159 km
from Calais: 258 km
from Nice: 793 km
from Bordeaux: 455 km
from Strasbourg: 556 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 13 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Camembert): Aubry-le-Panthou, Champosoult, Coudehard, Crouttes, Fresnay-le-Samson, Guerquesalles, Le Renouard, Les Champeaux, Mont-Ormel, Neauphe-sur-Dive, Roiville, Survie and Vimoutiers.
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 Camembert from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Camembert