Couvains travel guide
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Visit Couvains: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Couvains is situated in the Orne department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 59 km from Alencon, the department capital. (General information: Couvains is 131 km from Paris and 250 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Mortagne-au-Perche at 38 km from Couvains
Popular places to visit near Couvains: these include Mortagne-au-Perche at 38 km and Lisieux at 40 km.
Orbec is a listed 'town of art and history' at 21km and Arboretum d'Harcourt is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 39km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Couvains, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Couvains
See France This Way travel guides for Orne and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Couvains.
Note that all distances from Couvains shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Couvains holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Couvains (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 Couvains and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum d'Harcourt (39km) : Jardins du château du Champ de Bataille (41km) : Boutemont (43km) : Sassy (46km) : Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (49km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey of Bec-Hellouin (43km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Orbec (21km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Argentan (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Couvains & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Couvains
Canton: Ferté-Frênel
Arrondissement: Argentan
Department: Orne
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 61550
Distance to Couvains
from Alencon: 59 km
from Paris: 131 km
from Calais: 250 km
from Nice: 771 km
from Bordeaux: 456 km
from Strasbourg: 528 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Couvains): Anceins, Chambord, Gauville, Glos-la-Ferriere, La Ferte-Frenel, La Gonfriere, La Haye-Saint-Sylvestre, Melicourt, Mesnil-Rousset, Notre-Dame-du-Hamel and Saint-Nicolas-de-Sommaire.
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 Couvains from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Couvains