Mont-Ormel travel guide
Visit Mont-Ormel: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Argentan at 16 km from Mont-Ormel
Location: Mont-Ormel is situated in the Orne department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 46 km from Alencon, the department capital. (General information: Mont-Ormel is 161 km from Paris and 264 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Mont-Ormel: these include Argentan at 16 km and Sees at 26 km. Argentan is a listed recommended detour at 16 km and Sassy is a listed remarkable garden 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 Mont-Ormel, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Mont-Ormel
See France This Way travel guides for Orne and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Mont-Ormel.
Note that all distances from Mont-Ormel shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Mont-Ormel 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 Mont-Ormel
- Trun: market every Thursday (9km)
- Argentan: market every Tuesday & Friday (17km)
- Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives: market every Monday (24km)
- Sees: market every Saturday (26km)
- Montreuil-l'Argille: market every Tuesday (26km)
- Falaise: market every Saturday (27km)
- Orbec: market every Wednesday (27km)
- Mezidon-Canon: market every Sunday (31km)
- Lisieux: market every Saturday all day (35km)
- Le Mele-sur-Sarthe: market every Wednesday (39km)
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 Mont-Ormel and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Mont-Ormel map below.
Most Beautiful Village Beuvron (41km)
National Monument Carrouges Chateau (38km)
Recommended Detour Argentan (16km)
Regional Natural Parc Normandie-Maine (48km)
Religious Monument Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (54km)
Remarkable Garden Sassy (22km); Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (24km); Boutemont (39km)
Town Of Art And History Orbec (27km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Parc zoologique de Lisieux (40km)
Map of places to visit near Mont-Ormel & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Mont-Ormel
Canton: Trun
Arrondissement: Argentan
Department: Orne
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 61160
Distance to Mont-Ormel
from Alencon (local prefecture): 46 km
from Paris: 161 km
from Calais: 264 km
from Nice: 790 km
from Bordeaux: 448 km
from Strasbourg: 558 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 18 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Mont-Ormel): Aubry-le-Panthou, Avernes-sous-Exmes, Camembert, Chambois, Champosoult, Coudehard, Ecorches, Fel, Fresnay-le-Samson, La Fresnaie-Fayel, Les Champeaux, Menil-Hubert-en-Exmes, Neauphe-sur-Dive, Ommeel, Roiville, Saint-Lambert-sur-Dive, Saint-Pierre-la-Riviere and Survie.
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 Mont-Ormel from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Mont-Ormel