Just outside Eecke: Abbaye du Mont des Cats and more
Among the places to visit in and near Eecke are 3 museums, 3 attractions and an abbey. What there is to see lies just outside: 8 places within 5 km of its centre. Out of town, Mont Cassel is 8.5 km away.
The first to see around Eecke
Once you have seen Abbaye du Mont des Cats, try 2 museums, 2 attractions and a château.
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.
Finding your way
Furthest from the centre is Moulin de la Roome, 4.9 km away.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Eecke; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
The mix
3 museums or galleries and 3 other sights top the count.
Dark: in Eecke. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
Place after place
All 8 on the list lie within 5 km of its centre.
Nothing is mapped in Eecke itself; these are within 5 km of its centre.
Further afield
Mont Cassel, at 8.5 km, heads the 12 day trips.
MuseumPalais des Beaux-Arts de Lille37 km southeast, in LilleAttractionAttractionCoupole d'Helfaut26 km west, in Helfaut
CathedralCathédrale Notre-Dame-de-la-Treille36 km southeast, in Lille
CathedralCathédrale Notre-Dame de Saint-Omer24 km west, in Saint-OmerAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Bertin24 km west, in Saint-OmerMuseumMuseumBlockhaus d'Éperlecques30 km west, in Éperlecques
GardenConservatoire botanique national de Bailleul11 km east, in BailleulChâteauChâteauCitadelle de Lille35 km southeast, in Lille
MuseumMusée d'Histoire naturelle de Lille37 km southeast, in LilleChurchChurchMémorial de Neuve-Chapelle26 km southeast, in RichebourgAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Winoc de Bergues24 km northwest, in BerguesPlaces within 40 km of Eecke with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
What visitors ask about Eecke
Are there attractions near Eecke?
Nothing is mapped in Eecke itself, but within 5 km there are Abbaye du Mont des Cats, Musée de la vie frontalière de Godewaersvelde, Moulin du Nord and Drievenmeulen.
Are there museums in or near Eecke?
3 museums and galleries in town or within 5 km, including Musée de la vie frontalière de Godewaersvelde, Moulin et musée rural du Steenmeulen de Terdeghem and Vlaemsch Huiseke.
What well-known places are within a day out of Eecke?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Mont Cassel (8.5 km), Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille (37 km), Coupole d'Helfaut (26 km), Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-la-Treille (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 Eecke, 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)
- Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille: Velvet, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-la-Treille: Christophe.Finot, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Saint-Omer: JackyM59, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Conservatoire botanique national de Bailleul: Lamiot, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée d'Histoire naturelle de Lille: Velvet, 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.