Valenciennes travel guide

Valenciennes photo, taken in Cambrai France

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Visit Valenciennes: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Valenciennes is situated in the Nord department (Nord-Pas-de-Calais region) in the north-east of France at 45 km from Lille, the department capital. (General information: Valenciennes is 187 km from Paris and 135 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Cambrai at 30 km from Valenciennes

Popular places to visit near Valenciennes: these include Cambrai at 30 km and Roubaix at 44 km. Scarpe-Escaut is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 11km and Saint-Amand-les-Eaux is a listed 'recommended detour' at 12km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

Tourist classifications for Valenciennes: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;

Selected places to visit and attractions near Valenciennes, France

Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.

photo of Cambrai
Cambrai 30km
photo of Roubaix
Roubaix 44km
photo of Lille
Lille 45km

Things to see in Valenciennes and nearby

Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Valenciennes

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Le jardin de Sylvie Fontaine (30km) : Le parc Barbieux (44km) :
  2. Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre Dame de Vaucelles (Les Rues-des-Vignes) (36km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame de La Treille (Lille) (45km) :
  3. Town / village in bloom 4*: Mastaing (16km) : Wattignies (42km) : Wasquehal (44km) : Roubaix (45km) : Tourcoing (48km) :
  4. Towns of Art and History: Cambrai (30km) : Lille (45km) :
  5. Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (12km) :


Map of places to visit near Valenciennes & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Valenciennes

Canton: Valenciennes

Arrondissement: Valenciennes

Department: Nord

Region: Nord-Pas-de-Calais

Postcode: 59300

Distance to Valenciennes

from Lille: 45 km

from Paris: 187 km

from Calais: 135 km

from Nice: 792 km

from Bordeaux: 686 km

from Strasbourg: 363 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest


Other communes near Valenciennes (within 6 km): Anzin : Aubry-du-Hainaut : Aulnoy-Lez-Valenciennes : Beuvrages : Bruay-sur-l'Escaut : Curgies : Estreux : Famars : Herin : La Sentinelle : Maing : Marly : Oisy : Onnaing : Petite-Foret : Preseau : Prouvy : Raismes : Rouvignies : Saint-Saulve : Saultain : Thiant : Trith-Saint-Leger : Vicq :

 

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This page in French: Visitez Valenciennes