Domfront en Poiraie

Domfront, Small City of Character, enjoys a privileged natural setting and offers an exceptional view on a large wooded horizon. As one of the "most beautiful detours in France", Domfront invites visitors to linger. Also note the high quality of its flowers, throughout the year, which earned him to be rewarded with 3 flowers. Its history is rich.

Municipality	Domfront en Poiraie
Postcode	61700
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Latitude	48.5942890 (N 48° 35’ 39”)
Longitude	-0.6504330 (W 0° 39’ 2”)
Altitude	From 115m to 256m
Surface area	65.49 km²
Population	4297 inhabitants
Density	65 inhabitants/km²
Prefecture	Alençon (61 km, 1:03)
Insee code	61145
Intercommunality	CC Domfront Tinchebray Interco
Department	Orne
Territory	Perche
Region	Normandy

Saint-Gilles-des-Marais	4.4 km (8 min)
Saint-Brice	5 km (8 min)
Saint-Mars-d'Égrenne	8 km (8 min)
Perrou	8.2 km (9 min)
Saint-Bômer-les-Forges	8.4 km (11 min)
Avrilly	8.8 km (12 min)
Torchamp	9.3 km (12 min)
Lonlay-l'Abbaye	9.3 km (12 min)
Dompierre	9.7 km (11 min)
Champsecret	9.9 km (12 min)
Saint-Georges-de-Rouelley	10.4 km (10 min)
Saint-Roch-sur-Égrenne	10.5 km (13 min)
Saint-Clair-de-Halouze	12.2 km (16 min)
Ceaucé	12.3 km (13 min)
Le Châtellier	12.3 km (11 min)

The castle grounds and park: Domfront Castle, built on a sandstone outcrop, overlooking the gorge 80 m de la Varenne. On the one undeniable strategic position, the castle was for centuries, one of the strongest dungeons of France. It remains today as two majestic sides.
The medieval town, with its cobbled streets, ramparts, towers, courtyards and timbered houses, enchants the visitor.
Charles Leander Museum: located in the same hall, it can be visited from Monday to Friday from 9am to 12pm and from 1:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.. You just contact the secretariat. The museum, or rather curiosity cabinet, consists of very different objects, well presented, giving it an undeniable charm.
The Notre Dame: This Romanesque church was built at the turn of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. It owes its name to its location on the edge of a ford of the Varenne. Lovingly restored after the war, it is a rare example of Norman Romanesque church remained in its juice. The building is classified in 1840 by Prosper Merimée.
The church of Saint-Julien: Byzantine style church, with square, was closed in 1993 for his plan, his material and decoration. It is one of the first churches in concrete France. After renovations in 2011-2013, it is visible from the inside freely every day from 9am to 19pm.
3 circuits of interpretation in Domfront: the castle, the medieval city and the picturesque circuit on foot following the signs or using the "Discover Domfront". Booklet treasure hunt for 10-20 years. Guided tours in summer.

Information points	Tourist Office of Domfront
Leisure centres	Racecourse of the Croix des Landes
Monuments	Castle of Domfront Church Notre-Dame-sur-l'Eau Church Saint-Julien

Market: every Friday from 8:30 to 12:30, De Gaulle site (information at City Hall).
Fair exhibition and carnival: the weekend of Palm Sunday.
Folklore Festival: July.
The Medieval (medieval market and street shows and the outdoor theater): the first weekend of August every two years.

Spectacle à Domfront.

On 23 may 2024
Domfront
Lopakhine danse à Vire is a solo created and directed by Liza Machover for actor-dancer Julien Moreau. The story is interspersed with filmed sequences in which young and not-so-young inhabitants of the Vire area recount their journeys and aesthetic shocks, around the theme of emancipation. The kind of emancipation we aspire to when we leave our home environment and come into contact with art. - Liza Machover continues the project she began with l'île aux pères, a combination of collecting experiences and working on stage. - In this show, which constantly moves between theater, dance and documentary, it is the trace of art that is questioned. A trace that marks bodies. A trace that transforms us and leaves its mark on our lives. A trace, finally, more subterranean, that sometimes lives within us without our being aware of it.

Représentation Théâtrale à Domfront

On 14 june 2024
Domfront, Noues de Sienne
Les Royaumes is a futuristic play that tells the story of a group of anthropologists who set up shop in a ruined church, following in the footsteps of a vanished community. The play travels through time, in strata, and tells the story of this abandoned church at different times, between 2030 and 2095. Do we even know what happened ? How did this group of men and women live ? Did they really disappear ? - Deliberately vacillating between farce and tragedy, author and director Jérémie Fabre's play is an inspired, baroque mystical quest in which the ruined church is the main character. A place shrouded in mystery, it invites each spectator to plunge into an investigation in the form of an iconoclastic epic.

Visite à la Recherche de l'Histoire du Château de Domfront

From 2 july to 30 august 2024
12, place de la Roirie, Domfront, Office de Tourisme
1,000 years of castle history in 1 hour : that's the challenge we've set ourselves for our visit to this castral site. History, architecture and archaeology are all on the menu. - You can follow the city tour at 3:30pm.

Visite Dans les Ruelles de la Cité Médiévale de Domfront

From 2 july to 30 august 2024
12, place de la Roirie, Domfront, Office de Tourisme
Let's read in stone what has happened over the last 1,000 years in the narrow streets of Domfront - You can follow the castle tour at 2:30pm.

Festival International de Folklore

From 5 to 10 july 2024
Discover folk groups and cultures from all over the world ! - Various shows in Domfront en Poiraie and neighboring towns. - Organized by the folk group Le Trou Normand.

Hiking: a topo 8 excellent hiking is on sale at the Tourist Office to walk in the forest, in the paths of the grove or around the architectural heritage...
The cycling with the greenway Flers - Mont Saint-Michel passing through Domfront or two national routes La Véloscénie and Francette bike crossing the Cluse Domfront and borrow these greenways.
The Andaine Forest, massive federal allows you to pick mushrooms or blueberries or simply enjoy a stroll in the forest. Circuit interpretation of the Second World War. Presence of wildlife. Bonvouloir tower, observation tower of the fifteenth century on the heights of the forest to visit freely.
Production of specialty Poiré Domfront (pear cider) and Calvados Domfrontais with many producers to meet at the farm.
The mansions: a dozen mansions the Middle Ages to the eighteenth to be discovered around Domfront, outside all year round and interior in summer.
Des Forges: From the sixteenth century to 1979, industrial testimonies of the extraction of iron ore in the Bocage and the Iron House to understand everything in Dompierre.
Lonlay-l'Abbaye with its abbey of the eleventh century (visits in summer), its castle of beer, its ice cream at the farm and its famous biscuits whose visit is free by appointment.
The Michaudière and draft horse show from April to October, more beautiful Normandy horse show.
The Outdoor Centre in Torchamp to practice canoeing among others.
La Fosse Arthour to Rouellé deep gorge 70 meters excavated in rock classified since 1966.
Saint-Fraimbault, flower village 4 flowers and National Grand Prix since 1988. Bloom Booklet treasure hunt for children. Guided tours in summer. Leisure center (pedal boats, mini-golf...)
Bagnoles-de-l'Orne: spa town, located fifteen kilometers Domfront, which is famous among tourists.

Last name	Activity type	Rate	City
Private spa in a tropical environment	Well-being	60 € to 150 €	Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie (17.6 km)
Rival'karting	Sports sensations	16 € to 24 €	Le Neufbourg (23 km)
Rail bike hire on the old Caen-Flers railway line	Entertainment	23 € to 84 €	Saint-Pierre-du-Regard (30 km)
Canoe-kayak at the heart of Swiss Normandy	Nature and the great outdoors	8 €	Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom (45 km)

Last name	Outing type	Difficulty	Duration	Departure municipality
Around Lande Pourrie	Car itinerary	Easy	4:00	Saint-Cyr-du-Bailleul (11.5 km)
Pays Domfrontais	Cycling itinerary	Intermediate	5:00	Soucé (14.2 km)
Variant of GR 22 by Brécey	Hike	Easy	3:15	Reffuveille (38 km)

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