Fort · Béthune · Pas-de-Calais

Enceinte de Béthune

Béthune counts Enceinte de Béthune, a fort, among its places to visit. Another 9 places to visit lie within 5 km. Beffroi de Béthune, 100 m off, heads what is near.

Where

In Béthune

inside the commune

How well known

Top 15%

#5,252 of 37,318 French places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 19–24°C

In brief

Fort in Béthune

In Béthune

Enceinte de Béthune is in the commune of Béthune, with 9 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and Météo-France 1991–2020 normals.

When to go

Seasons and weather

May to September are the warmest in Béthune, with afternoon highs of 19–24°C.

Jan6° / 2°58 mm

Feb7° / 2°51 mm

Mar11° / 3°53 mm

Apr15° / 5°42 mm

May19° / 9°57 mm

Jun22° / 11°63 mm

Jul24° / 13°68 mm

Aug24° / 13°68 mm

Sep20° / 10°61 mm

Oct15° / 8°64 mm

Nov10° / 5°71 mm

Dec7° / 2°73 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Béthune, and rain in a month. Météo-France 1991–2020 normals from the Douai station, 34 km away. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Béthune’s full climate →

About

Enceinte de Béthune

2 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.

Enceinte de Béthune on Wikipedia (in French) ↗

Type: Fort
Covered in: 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
Commune: Béthune, Pas-de-Calais

Facts: Wikidata (CC0), OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) and the Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0).

The map

Locating Enceinte de Béthune

The map puts Enceinte de Béthune in orange and numbers its neighbours as in the list.

Towns near it

The nearest towns

In size, Béthune comes first of the 8, with 25,224 people. They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.

1 · It’s in this commune

Béthune

25,224 people

2 · 1.7 km west of it

Annezin

5,825 people

3 · 2.9 km south of it

Verquin

3,445 people

4 · 3.2 km east of it

Beuvry

9,189 people

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Enceinte de Béthune is	People
Béthune	It’s in this commune	25,224
Annezin	1.7 km west of it	5,825
Verquin	2.9 km south of it	3,445
Beuvry	3.2 km east of it	9,189
Labourse	4.7 km southeast of it	2,858
Chocques	5 km west of it	2,785
Gonnehem	5.9 km northwest of it	2,525
Nœux-les-Mines	6.6 km south of it	11,590

Make a day of it

Places to add to Enceinte de Béthune

2 attractions, 2 museums and a fort are among the 41 within 15 km.

1AttractionAttractionBeffroi de Béthune100 m northwest, in Béthune 2FortFortTour Saint-Ignace200 m southeast, in Béthune 3ChurchChurchMémorial de Neuve-Chapelle11 km northeast, in Richebourg 4AttractionAttractionChâteau d'Olhain13 km south, in Fresnicourt-le-Dolmen 5Monastery or conventMonastery or conventChartreuse des Dames de Gosnay5 km southwest, in Gosnay 6AbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Chocques4.8 km west, in Chocques 7

MuseumMusée régional d'ethnologie de Béthune900 m northeast, in Béthune 8MuseumMuseumLab Labanque300 m south, in Béthune

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Good to know about Enceinte de Béthune

Where is Enceinte de Béthune?

Enceinte de Béthune is in Béthune, in Pas-de-Calais (Hauts-de-France).

What is Enceinte de Béthune?

Fort.

How well known is Enceinte de Béthune?

Enceinte de Béthune has 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages: #5,252 of the 37,318 French places we list.

When is the best time to visit Enceinte de Béthune?

May to September are the warmest months in Béthune, with afternoon highs of 19–24°C (Météo-France 1991–2020 normals).

What else is there to see near Enceinte de Béthune?

Within 15 km: Beffroi de Béthune (100 m), Tour Saint-Ignace (200 m), Mémorial de Neuve-Chapelle (11 km) and Château d'Olhain (13 km).

Sources: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0: what it is, its articles, how widely it is covered), the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0), IGN commune boundaries, Météo-France 1991–2020 normals (Licence Ouverte 2.0).

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (1)

Musée régional d'ethnologie de Béthune: Floflo62, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.