Champsecret travel guide
Visit Champsecret: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Domfront at 7 km from Champsecret
Location: Champsecret is situated in the Orne department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 52 km from Alencon, the department capital. (General information: Champsecret is 215 km from Paris and 312 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Champsecret: these include Domfront at 7 km and Bagnoles de l'Orne at 12 km. Domfront is a listed recommended detour at 7 km and Saint-Fraimbault is a listed ville fleurie 4* 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 Champsecret, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Champsecret
See France This Way travel guides for Orne and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Champsecret.
Note that all distances from Champsecret shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Champsecret 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 Champsecret
- Bagnoles-de-l'Orne: market every Wednesday & Tuesday & Saturday & Friday (12km)
- La Ferte-Mace: market every Thursday (15km)
- Flers: market every Wednesday & Saturday (15km)
- Briouze: market every Monday (17km)
- Conde-sur-Noireau: market every Thursday (27km)
- Gorron: market every Wednesday (29km)
- Sourdeval: market every Tuesday (30km)
- Mayenne: market every Saturday & Monday (34km)
- Vire: market every Friday (35km)
- Villaines-la-Juhel: market every Monday (35km)
- Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouet: market every Wednesday (39km)
- Falaise: market every Saturday (41km)
- Argentan: market every Tuesday & Friday (42km)
- Ernee: market every Tuesday (45km)
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 Champsecret and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Champsecret map below.
Most Beautiful Village Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei (45km)
National Monument Carrouges Chateau (30km)
Recommended Detour Domfront (7km); Argentan (42km)
Regional Natural Parc Normandie-Maine (28km)
Remarkable Garden Jardins de la Pellerine (49km)
Town Of Art And History Mayenne (33km); Jublains (39km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Saint-Fraimbault (17km); Saint-Loup-du-Gast (25km)
Map of places to visit near Champsecret & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Champsecret
Canton: Domfront
Arrondissement: Alençon
Department: Orne
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 61700
Distance to Champsecret
from Alencon (local prefecture): 52 km
from Paris: 215 km
from Calais: 312 km
from Nice: 812 km
from Bordeaux: 419 km
from Strasbourg: 610 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Champsecret): Banvou, Dompierre, La Ferriere-Aux-Etangs, Perrou and Saint-Bomer-les-Forges.
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 Champsecret from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Champsecret