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Visit Abscon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Abscon is situated in the Nord department (Nord-Pas-de-Calais region) in the north-east of France at 38 km from Lille, the department capital. (General information: Abscon is 178 km from Paris and 123 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Cambrai at 20 km from Abscon
Popular places to visit near Abscon: these include Cambrai at 20 km and Arras at 38 km. Mastaing is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 3km and Scarpe-Escaut is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 14km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Selected places to visit and attractions near Abscon, France
Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.
Things to see in Abscon and nearby
Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Abscon
- 'Remarkable gardens': Le jardin de Sylvie Fontaine (39km) : Le parc Barbieux (40km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre Dame de Vaucelles (Les Rues-des-Vignes) (29km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame de La Treille (Lille) (38km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Mastaing (3km) : Wattignies (33km) : Arras (38km) : Wasquehal (39km) : Guyencourt-Saulcourt (40km) : Roubaix (41km) : Tourcoing (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Cambrai (20km) : Lille (38km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (16km) :
Map of places to visit near Abscon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Abscon
Canton: Denain
Arrondissement: Valenciennes
Department: Nord
Region: Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Postcode: 59215
Distance to Abscon
from Lille: 38 km
from Paris: 178 km
from Calais: 123 km
from Nice: 796 km
from Bordeaux: 677 km
from Strasbourg: 376 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
Other communes near Abscon (within 6 km): Aniche : Auberchicourt : Bouchain : Bruille-Lez-Marchiennes : Ecaillon : Emerchicourt : Erre : Escaudain : Fenain : Helesmes : Hornaing : Lourches : Marcq-en-Ostrevent : Mastaing : Neuville-sur-Escaut : Rieulay : Roeulx : Somain :
Abscon holidays and travel
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This page in French: Visitez Abscon