The nearest draw to Damousies: Musée de la Cour des Potiers, 2.1 km away
Look within 5 km of its centre for the 5 places to visit; none is in Damousies. There are 2 museums, 2 forts and a theme park to choose from. At 7 km, Abbaye de Maubeuge is worth the journey.
Where to start near Damousies
Alongside Musée de la Cour des Potiers you find 2 forts, a museum and a theme park.
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.
Where things are
Out of town, most of the 5 are to the north.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Damousies; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
What you can see
Count 2 museums or galleries and 2 châteaux or heritage sites.
Dark: in Damousies. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
Full list of places
The list runs to 5 places, all within 5 km of its centre.
Nothing is mapped in Damousies itself; these are within 5 km of its centre.
The history of Damousies → · Parks and trails in Damousies →
Further out, the best known
The pick of the 12 is Abbaye de Maubeuge, 7 km off.
FortFort de Leveau10 km northwest, in FeigniesFortFortOuvrage de Boussois8.9 km north, in BoussoisMuseumMuseumMusée Matisse36 km west, in Le Cateau-CambrésisAttractionAttractionOuvrage de La Salmagne11 km north, in Vieux-RengFortFortOuvrage des Sarts11 km north, in MairieuxFortFortOuvrage de Bersillies12 km north, in Villers-Sire-NicoleAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye de Maroilles21 km southwest, in MaroillesAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye de Crespin34 km northwest, in CrespinAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye de Montreuil-les-Dames22 km south, in Rocquigny
MuseumMusée des Arts et de l'Archéologie de Valenciennes38 km northwest, in ValenciennesPlaces within 40 km of Damousies with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Questions before you go to Damousies
Are there attractions near Damousies?
Nothing is mapped in Damousies itself, but within 5 km there are Musée de la Cour des Potiers, Musée de la Bataille, Au Ptit-Cro Magnon and Fort du Bourdiau.
Are there museums in or near Damousies?
2 museums and galleries in town or within 5 km, including Musée de la Cour des Potiers and Musée de la Bataille.
What well-known places are within a day out of Damousies?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Abbaye de Maubeuge (7 km), Abbaye de Hautmont (7.6 km), Fort de Leveau (10 km), Ouvrage de Boussois (8.9 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 Damousies, 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 (2)
- Fort de Leveau: Budotradan, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée des Arts et de l'Archéologie de Valenciennes: Szilas, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.