La Ferriere-Bochard travel guide
Visit La Ferriere-Bochard: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei at 4 km from La Ferriere-Bochard
Location: La Ferriere-Bochard is situated in the Orne department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 9 km from Alencon, the department capital. (General information: La Ferriere-Bochard is 182 km from Paris and 313 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near La Ferriere-Bochard: these include Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei at 4 km and Alencon at 9 km. Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei is a listed most beautiful village at 4 km and Normandie-Maine is a listed regional natural parc at 16 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 La Ferriere-Bochard, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Ferriere-Bochard
See France This Way travel guides for Orne and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of La Ferriere-Bochard.
Note that all distances from La Ferriere-Bochard shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
La Ferriere-Bochard 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 La Ferriere-Bochard
- Alencon: market every Tuesday & Thursday all day & Sunday & Saturday (9km)
- Fresnay-sur-Sarthe: market every Saturday (15km)
- Villaines-la-Juhel: market every Monday (20km)
- Beaumont-sur-Sarthe: market every Tuesday (24km)
- Sees: market every Saturday (26km)
- Sille-le-Guillaume: market every Wednesday (27km)
- Le Mele-sur-Sarthe: market every Wednesday (30km)
- Mamers: market every Monday (30km)
- La Ferte-Mace: market every Thursday (31km)
- Bagnoles-de-l'Orne: market every Wednesday & Tuesday & Saturday & Friday (32km)
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 La Ferriere-Bochard and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the La Ferriere-Bochard map below.
Most Beautiful Village Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei (4km); Sainte-Suzanne (42km)
National Monument Carrouges Chateau (18km)
Recommended Detour Argentan (37km)
Regional Natural Parc Normandie-Maine (16km)
Remarkable Garden Sassy (28km)
Town Of Art And History Jublains (38km); Evron (40km); Sainte-Suzanne (42km)
Map of places to visit near La Ferriere-Bochard & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Ferrière-Bochard
Canton: Alençon 1er Canton
Arrondissement: Alençon
Department: Orne
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 61420
Distance to La Ferriere-Bochard
from Alencon (local prefecture): 9 km
from Paris: 182 km
from Calais: 313 km
from Nice: 769 km
from Bordeaux: 400 km
from Strasbourg: 573 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of La Ferriere-Bochard): Champfremont, Conde-sur-Sarthe, Heloup, Lonrai, Mieuxce, Moulins-le-Carbonnel, Pace, Ravigny, Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei, Saint-Denis-sur-Sarthon and Saint-Pierre-Des-Nids.
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 La Ferriere-Bochard from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez La Ferriere-Bochard