Motte castrale d'Hasencort, 2.5 km from Abscon
3 of the 5 places to visit in and around Abscon are museums or galleries. Abscon itself has none of them. Estourmel, 21 km away, is the best-known day out.
Top of the list around Abscon
3 museums and an abbey follow Motte castrale d'Hasencort.
Best known first: by how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each place (Wikidata’s count). It isn’t a ranking of how good they are.
On the map
The map stretches to Prieuré Beaurepaire de Somain, 4.8 km away.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Abscon; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
By kind
Most are museums or galleries, 3 in all, ahead of châteaux or heritage sites (2).
Dark: in Abscon. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
Everything to see
These 5 are within 5 km of its centre, none in town.
Nothing is mapped in Abscon itself; these are within 5 km of its centre.
Days out
Worth the drive, Estourmel (21 km) is first of the 12.
MuseumLouvre-Lens36 km west, in Lens
MuseumPalais des Beaux-Arts de Lille37 km northwest, in Lille
MuseumLille Métropole Musée d'Art moderne, d'Art contemporain et d'Art brut35 km north, in Villeneuve-d'Ascq
CathedralCathédrale Notre-Dame-de-la-Treille38 km northwest, in LilleCathedralCathedralCathédrale Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Vaast d'Arras37 km west, in ArrasAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye de Saint-Amand16 km northeast, in Saint-Amand-les-EauxAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye d'Hasnon13 km northeast, in HasnonMonastery or conventMonastery or conventAbbaye de Flines13 km northwest, in Flines-lez-Raches
ChâteauChâteau de Flers36 km north, in Villeneuve-d'AscqPlaces within 40 km of Abscon with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Places to visit in Abscon: questions
Are there attractions near Abscon?
Nothing is mapped in Abscon itself, but within 5 km there are Motte castrale d'Hasencort, Musée de la Mine et des Traditions populaires d'Escaudain, Prieuré Beaurepaire de Somain and Maison de notre histoire à Fenain.
Are there museums in or near Abscon?
3 museums and galleries in town or within 5 km, including Musée de la Mine et des Traditions populaires d'Escaudain, Maison de notre histoire à Fenain and Centre de Mémoire de la Verrerie d'en Haut.
What well-known places are within a day out of Abscon?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Estourmel (21 km), Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-Grâce de Cambrai (18 km), Abbaye Saint-Sauveur d'Anchin (8 km), Louvre-Lens (36 km).
How is this list made?
From OpenStreetMap and Wikidata: named museums, galleries, châteaux, abbeys, gardens, zoos, theme parks and other visitor attractions whose mapped point lies inside the commune of Abscon, then those in the communes within 5 km of its centre, and well-known places within 40 km. Houses, ruins and gardens need a sign they’re open to visitors; places marked private, closed or disused are left out. The historic-monument link is the Culture ministry’s Mérimée record. A place that isn’t mapped isn’t listed, so this isn’t everything there is to see.
Sources: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0: descriptions, websites, Wikipedia articles), the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0), IGN commune boundaries. Distances are from the commune’s centre point.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (5)
- Louvre-Lens: JackyM59, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille: Velvet, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lille Métropole Musée d'Art moderne, d'Art contemporain et d'Art brut: Jean Housen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-la-Treille: Christophe.Finot, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Château de Flers: Jiel Beaumadier ( http://jiel.b.free.fr ), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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