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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.

Cambrai 30km

Roubaix 44km

Lille 45km

Things to see in Valenciennes and nearby

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

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