Écomusée de l'Avesnois & one more place to visit in Fourmies
2 places to visit are mapped in Fourmies, and 1 more within 5 km of its centre. The commonest are 2 museums and an abbey. Travel 12 km and you reach Abbaye de Saint-Michel.
First stops in Fourmies
Next to Écomusée de l'Avesnois à Fourmies, the best known are a museum and an abbey.
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.
Plotted on the map
Abbaye de Montreuil-les-Dames, 5 km away, is the farthest on the map.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Fourmies; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
What is on offer
2 of the 3 are museums or galleries, more than any other kind.
Dark: in Fourmies. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
Place after place
The 2 inside Fourmies come first, then one more within 5 km of its centre.
The 2 places in Fourmies first, then those within 5 km of its centre.
For a day out
Allow a day for Abbaye de Saint-Michel, 12 km away, the pick of 12.
FortFort de Leveau32 km north, in FeigniesFortFortOuvrage de Boussois31 km north, in BoussoisAttractionAttractionOuvrage de La Salmagne34 km north, in Vieux-RengFortFortOuvrage des Sarts34 km north, in MairieuxFortFortOuvrage de Bersillies35 km north, in Villers-Sire-NicolePlaces within 40 km of Fourmies with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Visiting Fourmies: the answers
What is there to see in Fourmies?
The first on our list in Fourmies are Écomusée de l'Avesnois à Fourmies and Musée du textile et de la vie sociale à Fourmies. We list 2 places in town. Another 1 is within 5 km of the centre.
Are there museums in or near Fourmies?
2 museums and galleries in town or within 5 km, including Écomusée de l'Avesnois à Fourmies and Musée du textile et de la vie sociale à Fourmies.
What well-known places are within a day out of Fourmies?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Abbaye de Saint-Michel (12 km), Fort d'Hirson (12 km), Musée Matisse (38 km), Abbaye de Maroilles (25 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 Fourmies, 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 (1)
- Fort de Leveau: Budotradan, Public domain, 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.