Couterne travel guide
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Visit Couterne: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Couterne is situated in the Orne department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 37 km from Alencon, the department capital. (General information: Couterne is 206 km from Paris and 316 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Bagnoles de l'Orne at 4 km from Couterne
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 14km and Saint-Loup-du-Gast is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 19km. 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 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 hotels in and near to Couterne (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 Couterne and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Sassy (35km) : Parc et jardin de Clivoy (47km) :
- National Monuments: Carrouges Chateau (19km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei (30km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Loup-du-Gast (19km) : Saint-Fraimbault (22km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Mayenne (27km) : Jublains (29km) : Evron (40km) : Sainte-Suzanne (46km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Domfront (20km) : Argentan (39km) :
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: 37 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!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 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