Chahains travel guide
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Visit Chahains: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chahains is situated in the Orne department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 21 km from Alencon, the department capital. (General information: Chahains is 184 km from Paris and 301 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei at 21 km from Chahains
Popular places to visit near Chahains: these include Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei at 21 km and Argentan at 21 km.
Carrouges Chateau is a listed 'national monument' at 3km and Normandie-Maine is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 11km. 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 Chahains, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chahains
See France This Way travel guides for Orne and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Chahains.
Note that all distances from Chahains shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chahains holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chahains (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 Chahains and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Sassy (15km) : Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (47km) :
- National Monuments: Carrouges Chateau (3km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei (21km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Loup-du-Gast (40km) : Saint-Fraimbault (44km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Jublains (44km) : Mayenne (47km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Argentan (21km) : Domfront (39km) :
Map of places to visit near Chahains & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chahains
Canton: Carrouges
Arrondissement: Alençon
Department: Orne
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 61320
Distance to Chahains
from Alencon: 21 km
from Paris: 184 km
from Calais: 301 km
from Nice: 784 km
from Bordeaux: 416 km
from Strasbourg: 578 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 Chahains): Carrouges, La Lande-de-Goult, Le Menil-Scelleur, Livaie, Longuenoe, Rouperroux, Saint-Didier-sous-Ecouves, Saint-Ellier-les-Bois, Saint-Martin-Des-Landes, Saint-Martin-l'Aiguillon and Saint-Sauveur-de-Carrouges.
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 Chahains from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chahains