Chambois travel guide
Visit Chambois: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Argentan at 11 km from Chambois
Location: Chambois is situated in the Orne department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 42 km from Alencon, the department capital. (General information: Chambois is 164 km from Paris and 269 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Chambois: these include Argentan at 11 km and Sees at 23 km. Argentan is a listed recommended detour at 11 km and Sassy is a listed remarkable garden at 17 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 Chambois, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chambois
See France This Way travel guides for Orne and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Chambois.
Note that all distances from Chambois shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chambois 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 Chambois
- Trun: market every Thursday (7km)
- Argentan: market every Tuesday & Friday (12km)
- Sees: market every Saturday (23km)
- Falaise: market every Saturday (25km)
- Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives: market every Monday (26km)
- Montreuil-l'Argille: market every Tuesday (31km)
- Orbec: market every Wednesday (32km)
- Mezidon-Canon: market every Sunday (33km)
- Briouze: market every Monday (37km)
- Le Mele-sur-Sarthe: market every Wednesday (37km)
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 Chambois and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Chambois map below.
National Monument Carrouges Chateau (33km)
Recommended Detour Argentan (11km)
Regional Natural Parc Normandie-Maine (42km)
Remarkable Garden Sassy (17km); Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (25km)
Town Of Art And History Orbec (32km)
Map of places to visit near Chambois & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chambois
Canton: Trun
Arrondissement: Argentan
Department: Orne
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 61160
Distance to Chambois
from Alencon (local prefecture): 42 km
from Paris: 164 km
from Calais: 269 km
from Nice: 790 km
from Bordeaux: 444 km
from Strasbourg: 561 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 14 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chambois): Aubry-en-Exmes, Coudehard, Exmes, Fel, Le Bourg-Saint-Leonard, Mont-Ormel, Neauphe-sur-Dive, Ommeel, Saint-Lambert-sur-Dive, Saint-Pierre-la-Riviere, Silly-en-Gouffern, Tournai-sur-Dive, Trun and Villebadin.
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 Chambois from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chambois