Potigny travel guide
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Visit Potigny: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Potigny is situated in the Calvados department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 25 km from Caen, the department capital. (General information: Potigny is 190 km from Paris and 266 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Falaise at 9 km from Potigny
Popular places to visit near Potigny: these include Falaise at 9 km and Caen at 26 km.
Jardins du château de Vendeuvre is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 12km and Abbaye de Caen (Caen) is a listed 'religious monument' at 26km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Potigny: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Potigny, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Potigny
See France This Way travel guides for Calvados and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Potigny.
Note that all distances from Potigny shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Potigny holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Potigny (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 Calvados 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 Potigny and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (12km) : Sassy (38km) : Boutemont (41km) : Jardins du château de Brécy (42km) : Plantbessin (48km) :
- National Monuments: Carrouges Chateau (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Beuvron (28km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (41km) : Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (41km) : Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (42km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cabourg (37km) : Touques (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Orbec (47km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Argentan (30km) :
Map of places to visit near Potigny & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Potigny
Canton: Falaise-Nord
Arrondissement: Caen
Department: Calvados
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 14420
Distance to Potigny
from Caen: 25 km
from Paris: 190 km
from Calais: 266 km
from Nice: 821 km
from Bordeaux: 460 km
from Strasbourg: 587 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 Potigny): Aubigny, Bons-Tassilly, Epaney, Estrees-la-Campagne, Fontaine-le-Pin, Grainville-Langannerie, Leffard, Maizieres, Olendon, Ouilly-le-Tesson, Rouvres, Saint-Germain-Langot, Saint-Germain-le-Vasson, Saint-Pierre-Canivet, Soulangy, Soumont-Saint-Quentin, Ussy, Versainville and Villers-Canivet.
Getting here
Calvados is in the north of France. Most visitors arrive by car typically by ferry into Cherbourg or Caen on the Normandy coast For driving distances to Potigny from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Potigny