La Rouge travel guide
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Visit La Rouge: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: La Rouge is situated in the Orne department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 49 km from Alencon, the department capital. (General information: La Rouge is 136 km from Paris and 307 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Nogent-le-Rotrou at 9 km from La Rouge
Popular places to visit near La Rouge: these include Nogent-le-Rotrou at 9 km and Le Perche at 14 km.
Nogent-le-Rotrou is a listed 'recommended detour' at 9km and Perche is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 14km. 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 La Rouge, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Rouge
See France This Way travel guides for Orne and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of La Rouge.
Note that all distances from La Rouge shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
La Rouge holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to La Rouge (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 La Rouge and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de la petite Rochelle (17km) : Le pré Catelan (40km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (44km) : Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Coulaines (47km) : Cogners (47km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Mans (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nogent-le-Rotrou (9km) :
Map of places to visit near La Rouge & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Rouge
Canton: Theil
Arrondissement: Mortagne-au-Perche
Department: Orne
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 61260
Distance to La Rouge
from Alencon: 49 km
from Paris: 136 km
from Calais: 307 km
from Nice: 718 km
from Bordeaux: 396 km
from Strasbourg: 520 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of La Rouge): Le Theil, Male, Preaux-du-Perche, Saint-Agnan-sur-Erre, Saint-Cyr-la-Rosiere and Saint-Hilaire-sur-Erre.
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 Rouge from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez La Rouge