Lignou travel guide
Visit Lignou: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Bagnoles de l'Orne at 15 km from Lignou
Location: Lignou is situated in the Orne department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 42 km from Alencon, the department capital. (General information: Lignou is 199 km from Paris and 299 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Lignou: these include Bagnoles de l'Orne at 15 km and Domfront at 24 km. Carrouges Chateau is a listed national monument at 19 km and Normandie-Maine is a listed regional natural parc at 22 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 Lignou, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Lignou
See France This Way travel guides for Orne and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Lignou.
Note that all distances from Lignou shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Lignou 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 Lignou
- Briouze: market every Monday (4km)
- La Ferte-Mace: market every Thursday (9km)
- Bagnoles-de-l'Orne: market every Wednesday & Tuesday & Saturday & Friday (14km)
- Flers: market every Wednesday & Saturday (18km)
- Argentan: market every Tuesday & Friday (25km)
- Conde-sur-Noireau: market every Thursday (25km)
- Falaise: market every Saturday (27km)
- Trun: market every Thursday (34km)
- Villaines-la-Juhel: market every Monday (36km)
- Thury-Harcourt: market every Tuesday (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 Lignou and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Lignou map below.
Most Beautiful Village Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei (39km)
National Monument Carrouges Chateau (19km)
Recommended Detour Domfront (24km); Argentan (25km)
Regional Natural Parc Normandie-Maine (22km)
Remarkable Garden Sassy (26km); Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (40km)
Town Of Art And History Mayenne (45km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Saint-Fraimbault (33km); Saint-Loup-du-Gast (36km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Parc zoologique de Jurques (48km)
Map of places to visit near Lignou & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Lignou
Canton: Briouze
Arrondissement: Argentan
Department: Orne
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 61220
Distance to Lignou
from Alencon (local prefecture): 42 km
from Paris: 199 km
from Calais: 299 km
from Nice: 805 km
from Bordeaux: 427 km
from Strasbourg: 595 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Lignou): Briouze, Faverolles, La Sauvagere, Le Grais, Le Menil-de-Briouze, Les Yveteaux, Lonlay-le-Tesson, Montreuil-Au-Houlme, Pointel, Saint-Georges-d'Annebecq and Saint-Hilaire-de-Briouze.
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 Lignou from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Lignou