Menil-Jean travel guide
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Visit Menil-Jean: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Menil-Jean is situated in the Orne department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 41 km from Alencon, the department capital. (General information: Menil-Jean is 189 km from Paris and 287 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Argentan at 15 km from Menil-Jean
Popular places to visit near Menil-Jean: these include Argentan at 15 km and Falaise at 17 km.
Argentan is a listed 'recommended detour' at 15km and Sassy is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 19km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Menil-Jean, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Menil-Jean
See France This Way travel guides for Orne and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Menil-Jean.
Note that all distances from Menil-Jean shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Menil-Jean holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Menil-Jean (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 Menil-Jean and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Sassy (19km) : Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (30km) :
- National Monuments: Carrouges Chateau (20km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Ceneri-le-Gerei (42km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Fraimbault (45km) : Saint-Loup-du-Gast (47km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Argentan (15km) : Domfront (35km) :
Map of places to visit near Menil-Jean & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Ménil-Jean
Canton: Putanges-Pont-Écrepin
Arrondissement: Argentan
Department: Orne
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 61210
Distance to Menil-Jean
from Alencon: 41 km
from Paris: 189 km
from Calais: 287 km
from Nice: 803 km
from Bordeaux: 435 km
from Strasbourg: 585 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 14 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Menil-Jean): Batilly, Giel-Courteilles, Habloville, La Courbe, La Fresnaye-Au-Sauvage, La Lande-de-Louge, Les Rotours, Les Yveteaux, Louge-sur-Maire, Menil-Gondouin, Montreuil-Au-Houlme, Putanges-Pont-Ecrepin, Saint-Ouen-sur-Maire and Sainte-Croix-sur-Orne.
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 Menil-Jean from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Menil-Jean