Couterne travel guide
Visit Couterne: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Bagnoles de l'Orne at 4 km from Couterne
Location: Couterne is situated in the Orne department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 38 km from Alencon, the department capital. (General information: Couterne is 206 km from Paris and 316 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Couterne: these include Bagnoles de l'Orne at 4 km and Domfront at 20 km. Normandie-Maine is a listed regional natural parc at 14 km and Saint-Loup-du-Gast is a listed ville fleurie 4* at 19 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 Couterne, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Couterne
See France This Way travel guides for Orne and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Couterne.
Note that all distances from Couterne shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Couterne 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 Couterne
- Bagnoles-de-l'Orne: market every Wednesday & Tuesday & Saturday & Friday (5km)
- La Ferte-Mace: market every Thursday (9km)
- Villaines-la-Juhel: market every Monday (21km)
- Briouze: market every Monday (21km)
- Mayenne: market every Saturday & Monday (28km)
- Flers: market every Wednesday & Saturday (28km)
- Gorron: market every Wednesday (32km)
- Alencon: market every Tuesday & Thursday all day & Sunday & Saturday (37km)
- Argentan: market every Tuesday & Friday (38km)
- Conde-sur-Noireau: market every Thursday (39km)
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 Couterne and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Couterne map below.
Most Beautiful Village Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei (30km)
National Monument Carrouges Chateau (19km)
Recommended Detour Domfront (20km); Argentan (39km)
Regional Natural Parc Normandie-Maine (14km)
Remarkable Garden Sassy (35km); Parc et jardin de Clivoy (47km)
Town Of Art And History Mayenne (27km); Jublains (29km); Evron (40km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Saint-Loup-du-Gast (19km); Saint-Fraimbault (22km)
Map of places to visit near Couterne & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Couterne
Canton: Ferté-Macé
Arrondissement: Alençon
Department: Orne
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 61410
Distance to Couterne
from Alencon (local prefecture): 38 km
from Paris: 206 km
from Calais: 316 km
from Nice: 797 km
from Bordeaux: 409 km
from Strasbourg: 600 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have found 13 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Couterne): Antoigny, Bagnoles-de-l'Orne, Geneslay, Haleine, La Chapelle-d'Andaine, Madre, Mehoudin, Neuilly-le-Vendin, Saint-Julien-du-Terroux, Saint-Ouen-le-Brisoult, Sainte-Marie-du-Bois, Tesse-Froulay and Thuboeuf.
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 Couterne from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Couterne