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Visit Merri: Highlights and Tourist Information
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).
Note: The photo above was taken in Argentan at 12 km from Merri
Popular places to visit near Merri: these include Argentan at 12 km and Falaise at 12 km.
Argentan is a listed 'recommended detour' at 12km and Jardins du château de Vendeuvre is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 15km. 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 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 hotels in and near to Merri (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 Merri and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (15km) : Sassy (21km) : Boutemont (42km) :
- National Monuments: Carrouges Chateau (33km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Beuvron (37km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cabourg (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Orbec (38km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Argentan (12km) :
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: 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!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
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