A museum just outside Lourches: Musée de la Mine et des Traditions populaires d'Escaudain
Most of what there is to see is museums or galleries: 4 of 7. All of them lie outside Lourches. For a longer trip, Estourmel lies 19 km away.
The best known around Lourches
Close behind Musée de la Mine et des Traditions populaires d'Escaudain are 3 museums, a fort 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
The outermost point is Enceinte de Bouchain, at 4.4 km.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Lourches; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
Kinds of place
The two biggest groups: museums or galleries (4) and châteaux or heritage sites (2).
Dark: in Lourches. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
The whole list for Lourches
Here are the 7 places within 5 km of its centre.
Nothing is mapped in Lourches itself; these are within 5 km of its centre.
Day trips from Lourches
The 12 days out are led by Estourmel, 19 km away.
MuseumMusée des Arts et de l'Archéologie de Valenciennes13 km east, in ValenciennesAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye de Saint-Amand16 km north, in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux
MuseumLille Métropole Musée d'Art moderne, d'Art contemporain et d'Art brut39 km north, in Villeneuve-d'AscqAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye d'Hasnon13 km north, in HasnonAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye de Fontenelle9.6 km east, in Maing
ChâteauChâteau de Flers39 km northwest, in Villeneuve-d'AscqMonastery or conventMonastery or conventAbbaye de Flines18 km northwest, in Flines-lez-RachesMuseumMuseumMusée Matisse27 km southeast, in Le Cateau-CambrésisAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Sainte-Rictrude et Saint-Pierre de Marchiennes12 km northwest, in MarchiennesPlaces within 40 km of Lourches with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Before a day out in Lourches
Are there attractions near Lourches?
Nothing is mapped in Lourches itself, but within 5 km there are Musée de la Mine et des Traditions populaires d'Escaudain, Musée d'Archéologie et d'Histoire locale de Denain, Enceinte de Bouchain and Tour d'Ostrevent.
Are there museums in or near Lourches?
4 museums and galleries in town or within 5 km, including Musée de la Mine et des Traditions populaires d'Escaudain, Musée d'Archéologie et d'Histoire locale de Denain, Musée Municipal de Denain and Musée d'Ostrevant.
What well-known places are within a day out of Lourches?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Estourmel (19 km), Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-Grâce de Cambrai (18 km), Abbaye Saint-Sauveur d'Anchin (12 km), Musée des Arts et de l'Archéologie de Valenciennes (13 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 Lourches, 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
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