Dampierre travel guide
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Visit Dampierre: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Dampierre is situated in the Calvados department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 40 km from Caen, the department capital. (General information: Dampierre is 236 km from Paris and 288 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Vire at 23 km from Dampierre
Popular places to visit near Dampierre: these include Vire at 23 km and Bayeux at 29 km.
Domjean is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 13km and Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) is a listed 'religious monument' at 18km. 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 Dampierre, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Dampierre
See France This Way travel guides for Calvados and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Dampierre.
Note that all distances from Dampierre shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Dampierre holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Dampierre (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 Calvados 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 Dampierre and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Plantbessin (19km) : Jardins du château de Brécy (34km) : Argences (41km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (18km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (29km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (32km) : Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (32km) : Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (34km) : Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (40km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Domjean (13km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Coutances (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Dampierre & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Dampierre
Canton: Aunay-sur-Odon
Arrondissement: Vire
Department: Calvados
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 14350
Distance to Dampierre
from Caen: 40 km
from Paris: 236 km
from Calais: 288 km
from Nice: 861 km
from Bordeaux: 468 km
from Strasbourg: 633 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Dampierre): Bieville, Caumont-l'Evente, La Lande-sur-Drome, La Vacquerie, Lamberville, Le Perron, Les Loges, Placy-Montaigu, Saint-Jean-Des-Essartiers, Saint-Martin-Des-Besaces, Saint-Ouen-Des-Besaces and Sept-Vents.
Getting here
Calvados is in the north of France. Most visitors arrive by car typically by ferry into Cherbourg or Caen on the Normandy coast For driving distances to Dampierre from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Dampierre