Carpiquet travel guide
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Visit Carpiquet: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Carpiquet is situated in the Calvados department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 7 km from Caen, the department capital. (General information: Carpiquet is 207 km from Paris and 256 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Caen at 6 km from Carpiquet
Popular places to visit near Carpiquet: these include Caen at 6 km and Creully at 13 km. Abbaye de Caen (Caen) is a listed 'religious monument' at 6km and Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) is a listed 'religious monument' at 13km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Selected places to visit and attractions near Carpiquet, France
Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.
Things to see in Carpiquet and nearby
Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Carpiquet
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château de Brécy (13km) : Plantbessin (25km) : Jardins du château de Vendeuvre (35km) : Boutemont (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Beuvron (29km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Caen (Caen) (6km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Rucqueville) (13km) : Prieuré (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (13km) : Prieuré de Saint Gabriel Brécy (Saint-Gabriel-Brecy) (13km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Bayeux) (21km) : Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (35km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cabourg (27km) : Touques (44km) : Domjean (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Carpiquet & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Carpiquet
Canton: Caen 2e Canton
Arrondissement: Caen
Department: Calvados
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 14650
Distance to Carpiquet
from Caen: 7 km
from Paris: 207 km
from Calais: 256 km
from Nice: 848 km
from Bordeaux: 483 km
from Strasbourg: 603 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
Other communes near Carpiquet (within 6 km): Authie : Bretteville-sur-Odon : Cambes-en-Plaine : Cheux : Epron : Eterville : Fleury-sur-Orne : Fontaine-Etoupefour : Grainville-sur-Odon : Lasson : Louvigny : Mondrainville : Mouen : Rosel : Rots : Saint-Contest : Saint-Manvieu-Norrey : Secqueville-en-Bessin : Tourville-sur-Odon : Verson :
Carpiquet holidays and travel
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This page in French: Visitez Carpiquet