Around Hérin, start with Abbaye de Fontenelle
Museums or galleries make up 5 of the 9 places on the list. All of them lie outside Hérin. Day-trippers head 25 km out to Estourmel.
Top of the list around Hérin
Alongside Abbaye de Fontenelle you find 2 museums, a château and a fort.
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.
Mapped around Hérin
The list reaches out to Abbaye Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Valenciennes, 4.9 km away.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Hérin; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
By kind
Count 5 museums or galleries and 4 châteaux or heritage sites.
Dark: in Hérin. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
Every one of them
All of it lies within 5 km of its centre: 9 places.
Nothing is mapped in Hérin itself; these are within 5 km of its centre.
Names further out
The pick of the 12 is Estourmel, 25 km off.
MuseumMusée des Arts et de l'Archéologie de Valenciennes5.6 km east, in ValenciennesAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye de Saint-Amand11 km north, in Saint-Amand-les-EauxCathedralCathedralCathédrale Notre-Dame-de-Grâce de Cambrai26 km southwest, in CambraiAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye d'Hasnon8.6 km northwest, in Hasnon
MuseumLille Métropole Musée d'Art moderne, d'Art contemporain et d'Art brut38 km northwest, in Villeneuve-d'AscqAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Sauveur d'Anchin17 km west, in Pecquencourt
ChâteauChâteau de Flers39 km northwest, in Villeneuve-d'AscqAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye de Crespin17 km northeast, in CrespinMuseumMuseumMusée Matisse28 km south, in Le Cateau-CambrésisMonastery or conventMonastery or conventAbbaye de Flines21 km west, in Flines-lez-RachesAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Sainte-Rictrude et Saint-Pierre de Marchiennes14 km northwest, in MarchiennesPlaces within 40 km of Hérin with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Hérin, answered
Are there attractions near Hérin?
Nothing is mapped in Hérin itself, but within 5 km there are Abbaye de Fontenelle, Fosse Arenberg, Château Dampierre and Citadelle de Valenciennes.
Are there museums in or near Hérin?
5 museums and galleries in town or within 5 km, including Fosse Arenberg, Musée d'Archéologie et d'Histoire locale de Denain, Musée Théophile-Jouglet and Musée Municipal de Denain.
What well-known places are within a day out of Hérin?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Estourmel (25 km), Musée des Arts et de l'Archéologie de Valenciennes (5.6 km), Abbaye de Saint-Amand (11 km), Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-Grâce de Cambrai (26 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 Hérin, 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 (3)
- Musée des Arts et de l'Archéologie de Valenciennes: Szilas, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lille Métropole Musée d'Art moderne, d'Art contemporain et d'Art brut: Jean Housen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Château de Flers: Jiel Beaumadier ( http://jiel.b.free.fr ), 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.