Joue-du-Plain travel guide
Visit Joue-du-Plain: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Argentan at 10 km from Joue-du-Plain
Location: Joue-du-Plain is situated in the Orne department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 33 km from Alencon, the department capital. (General information: Joue-du-Plain is 182 km from Paris and 288 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Joue-du-Plain: these include Argentan at 10 km and Falaise at 23 km. Argentan is a listed recommended detour at 10 km and Sassy is a listed remarkable garden at 10 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 Joue-du-Plain, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Joue-du-Plain
See France This Way travel guides for Orne and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Joue-du-Plain.
Note that all distances from Joue-du-Plain shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Joue-du-Plain 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 Joue-du-Plain
- Argentan: market every Tuesday & Friday (9km)
- Briouze: market every Monday (18km)
- Trun: market every Thursday (20km)
- La Ferte-Mace: market every Thursday (21km)
- Sees: market every Saturday (24km)
- Falaise: market every Saturday (24km)
- Bagnoles-de-l'Orne: market every Wednesday & Tuesday & Saturday & Friday (26km)
- Alencon: market every Tuesday & Thursday all day & Sunday & Saturday (33km)
- Flers: market every Wednesday & Saturday (33km)
- Conde-sur-Noireau: market every Thursday (36km)
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 Joue-du-Plain and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Joue-du-Plain map below.
Most Beautiful Village Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei (35km)
National Monument Carrouges Chateau (15km)
Recommended Detour Argentan (10km); Domfront (40km)
Regional Natural Parc Normandie-Maine (23km)
Remarkable Garden Sassy (10km); Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (33km)
Town Of Art And History Orbec (53km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Saint-Loup-du-Gast (48km)
Map of places to visit near Joue-du-Plain & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Joué-du-Plain
Canton: Écouché
Arrondissement: Argentan
Department: Orne
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 61150
Distance to Joue-du-Plain
from Alencon (local prefecture): 33 km
from Paris: 182 km
from Calais: 288 km
from Nice: 794 km
from Bordeaux: 430 km
from Strasbourg: 578 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 16 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Joue-du-Plain): Avoine, Batilly, Bouce, Ecouche, Fleure, Fontenai-sur-Orne, Goulet, La Courbe, Louce, Saint-Brice-sous-Ranes, Saint-Ouen-sur-Maire, Sarceaux, Serans, Sevrai, Tanques and Vieux-Pont.
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 Joue-du-Plain from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Joue-du-Plain