Merri travel guide
Visit Merri: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Falaise at 12 km from Merri
Location: Merri is situated in the Orne department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 48 km from Alencon, the department capital. (General information: Merri is 175 km from Paris and 270 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Merri: these include Falaise at 12 km and Argentan at 12 km. Argentan is a listed recommended detour at 12 km and Jardins du château de Vendeuvre is a listed remarkable garden at 15 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 Merri, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Merri
See France This Way travel guides for Orne and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Merri.
Note that all distances from Merri shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Merri 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 Merri
- Trun: market every Thursday (5km)
- Argentan: market every Tuesday & Friday (12km)
- Falaise: market every Saturday (13km)
- Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives: market every Monday (19km)
- Mezidon-Canon: market every Sunday (25km)
- Briouze: market every Monday (29km)
- Sees: market every Saturday (32km)
- Thury-Harcourt: market every Tuesday (35km)
- Conde-sur-Noireau: market every Thursday (37km)
- La Ferte-Mace: market every Thursday (37km)
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 Merri and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Merri map below.
Most Beautiful Village Beuvron (37km)
National Monument Carrouges Chateau (33km)
Recommended Detour Argentan (12km)
Religious Monument Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (44km)
Remarkable Garden Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (15km); Sassy (21km); Boutemont (42km)
Town Of Art And History Orbec (38km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Parc zoologique de Lisieux (45km)
Map of places to visit near Merri & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Merri
Canton: Trun
Arrondissement: Argentan
Department: Orne
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 61160
Distance to Merri
from Alencon (local prefecture): 48 km
from Paris: 175 km
from Calais: 270 km
from Nice: 801 km
from Bordeaux: 448 km
from Strasbourg: 572 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 19 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Merri): Bailleul, Beaumais, Brieux, Coulonces, Crocy, Fontaine-les-Bassets, Fourches, Fresne-la-Mere, Gueprei, Le Marais-la-Chapelle, Les Moutiers-en-Auge, Louvieres-en-Auge, Montabard, Necy, Ommoy, Pertheville-Ners, Trun, Vignats and Villedieu-les-Bailleul.
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 Merri from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Merri