Chaumont travel guide
Visit Chaumont: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Argentan at 27 km from Chaumont
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).
Popular places to visit near Chaumont: these include Argentan at 27 km and Sees at 28 km. Orbec is a listed town of art and history at 22 km and Argentan is a listed recommended detour at 27 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 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 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 Chaumont
- Montreuil-l'Argille: market every Tuesday (16km)
- Trun: market every Thursday (21km)
- Orbec: market every Wednesday (22km)
- Argentan: market every Tuesday & Friday (27km)
- La Barre-en-Ouche: market every Wednesday (28km)
- Sees: market every Saturday (28km)
- Vitrai-sous-Laigle: market every Tuesday (31km)
- Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives: market every Monday (33km)
- Bernay: market every Wednesday & Saturday (34km)
- Thiberville: market every Monday (35km)
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! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Chaumont map below.
Most Beautiful Village Beuvron (48km)
National Monument Carrouges Chateau (47km)
Recommended Detour Argentan (27km)
Regional Natural Parc Normandie-Maine (56km)
Remarkable Garden Sassy (30km); Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (34km); Boutemont (39km); Arboretum d'Harcourt (51km); Jardins du château du Champ de Bataille (54km)
Town Of Art And History Orbec (22km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Parc zoologique de Lisieux (39km)
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 (local prefecture): 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!
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