Chaumont travel guide
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Visit Chaumont: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chaumont is situated in the Orne department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 48 km from Alencon, the department capital. (General information: Chaumont is 148 km from Paris and 259 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Argentan at 27 km from Chaumont
Popular places to visit near Chaumont: these include Argentan at 27 km and Lisieux at 35 km.
Orbec is a listed 'town of art and history' at 22km and Argentan is a listed 'recommended detour' at 27km. 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 Chaumont, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chaumont
See France This Way travel guides for Orne and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Chaumont.
Note that all distances from Chaumont shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chaumont holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chaumont (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 Chaumont and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Sassy (30km) : Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (34km) : Boutemont (39km) :
- National Monuments: Carrouges Chateau (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Beuvron (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Orbec (22km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Argentan (27km) :
Map of places to visit near Chaumont & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chaumont
Canton: Gacé
Arrondissement: Argentan
Department: Orne
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 61230
Distance to Chaumont
from Alencon: 48 km
from Paris: 148 km
from Calais: 259 km
from Nice: 781 km
from Bordeaux: 450 km
from Strasbourg: 545 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chaumont): Gace, Heugon, La Trinite-Des-Laitiers, Le Sap-Andre, Mardilly, Neuville-sur-Touques, Resenlieu and Saint-Evroult-de-Montfort.
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 Chaumont from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chaumont