La Selle-la-Forge travel guide
Visit La Selle-la-Forge: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Domfront at 17 km from La Selle-la-Forge
Location: La Selle-la-Forge is situated in the Orne department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 57 km from Alencon, the department capital. (General information: La Selle-la-Forge is 212 km from Paris and 300 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near La Selle-la-Forge: these include Domfront at 17 km and Bagnoles de l'Orne at 22 km. Domfront is a listed recommended detour at 17 km and Saint-Fraimbault is a listed ville fleurie 4* at 30 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 Selle-la-Forge, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Selle-la-Forge
See France This Way travel guides for Orne and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of La Selle-la-Forge.
Note that all distances from La Selle-la-Forge shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
La Selle-la-Forge 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 Selle-la-Forge
- Flers: market every Wednesday & Saturday (2km)
- Conde-sur-Noireau: market every Thursday (13km)
- Briouze: market every Monday (13km)
- La Ferte-Mace: market every Thursday (21km)
- Bagnoles-de-l'Orne: market every Wednesday & Tuesday & Saturday & Friday (22km)
- Vire: market every Friday (28km)
- Sourdeval: market every Tuesday (28km)
- Thury-Harcourt: market every Tuesday (28km)
- Falaise: market every Saturday (31km)
- Aunay-sur-Odon: market every Saturday (33km)
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 Selle-la-Forge and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the La Selle-la-Forge map below.
Most Beautiful Village Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei (53km)
National Monument Carrouges Chateau (34km)
Recommended Detour Domfront (17km); Argentan (38km)
Regional Natural Parc Normandie-Maine (36km)
Remarkable Garden Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (44km)
Village D'etape Villers-Bocage (40km); Torigni-sur-Vire (47km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Saint-Fraimbault (30km); Saint-Loup-du-Gast (39km); Domjean (46km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Parc zoologique de Jurques (34km)
Map of places to visit near La Selle-la-Forge & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Selle-la-Forge
Canton: Flers-Sud
Arrondissement: Argentan
Department: Orne
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 61100
Distance to La Selle-la-Forge
from Alencon (local prefecture): 57 km
from Paris: 212 km
from Calais: 300 km
from Nice: 820 km
from Bordeaux: 433 km
from Strasbourg: 609 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of La Selle-la-Forge): Aubusson, Echalou, Flers, La Chapelle-Au-Moine, La Lande-Patry, Landigou, Messei, Ronfeugerai, Saint-Andre-de-Messei and Saires-la-Verrerie.
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 Selle-la-Forge from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez La Selle-la-Forge