The one place to visit in Merville is Le Caou
From Merville, the big name within reach is Louvre-Lens, 27 km away. There is one place to visit in Merville, plus one within 5 km of its centre. They include a ship and an abbey.
Must-know places in Merville
The list goes on from Le Caou to 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.
Where to find them
Out at 4 km is Abbaye Notre-Dame de Beaupré-sur-la-Lys, the farthest.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Merville; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
Kinds of place
Every one of them is among châteaux or heritage sites.
Dark: in Merville. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
Every place to visit
The one inside Merville comes first, then one more within 5 km of its centre.
Abbaye Notre-Dame de Beaupré-sur-la-Lys
Abbey located in Nord, in France.
The one place in Merville, then those within 5 km of its centre.
Around the region
Louvre-Lens, 27 km away, is the best known of the 12.
MuseumLouvre-Lens27 km southeast, in Lens
MuseumPalais des Beaux-Arts de Lille30 km east, in Lille
CathedralCathédrale Notre-Dame-de-la-Treille30 km east, in LilleAttractionAttractionCoupole d'Helfaut28 km west, in Helfaut
MuseumLille Métropole Musée d'Art moderne, d'Art contemporain et d'Art brut36 km east, in Villeneuve-d'AscqChurchChurchMémorial de Neuve-Chapelle12 km southeast, in Richebourg
ChâteauChâteau de Flers35 km east, in Villeneuve-d'Ascq
CathedralCathédrale Notre-Dame de Saint-Omer29 km northwest, in Saint-OmerAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Bertin29 km northwest, in Saint-OmerChâteauChâteauCitadelle de Lille29 km east, in Lille
GardenConservatoire botanique national de Bailleul14 km northeast, in BailleulAttractionAttractionMont Cassel21 km northwest, in CasselPlaces within 40 km of Merville with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Common questions about Merville
What is there to see in Merville?
The one place mapped in Merville is Le Caou. We list 1 place in town. Another 1 is within 5 km of the centre.
Are there museums in or near Merville?
No museum or gallery is mapped in Merville or within 5 km.
What well-known places are within a day out of Merville?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Louvre-Lens (27 km), Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille (30 km), Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-la-Treille (30 km), Coupole d'Helfaut (28 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 Merville, 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 (7)
- Louvre-Lens: JackyM59, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- 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
- 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
- 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
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.