Just outside Wicres: Musée de la bataille de Fromelles and more
From Wicres, the big name within reach is Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, 15 km away. All of it lies outside: 2 places within 5 km of its centre, none in Wicres. The commonest are a museum and an attraction.
Just outside Wicres, the best known
The other best-known place is an attraction.
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 go
The map stretches to Musée de la bataille de Fromelles, 4.2 km away.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Wicres; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
Kinds of place
Between them they are a museum and an attraction.
Dark: in Wicres. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
Place by place
These 2 are all within 5 km of its centre.
Nothing is mapped in Wicres itself; these are within 5 km of its centre.
Days out
Head 15 km out for Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, the best known of 12.
MuseumPalais des Beaux-Arts de Lille15 km northeast, in Lille
MuseumLouvre-Lens16 km south, in Lens
CathedralCathédrale Notre-Dame-de-la-Treille16 km northeast, in Lille
MuseumLille Métropole Musée d'Art moderne, d'Art contemporain et d'Art brut21 km east, in Villeneuve-d'AscqChâteauChâteauCitadelle de Lille15 km northeast, in Lille
ChâteauChâteau de Flers20 km east, in Villeneuve-d'AscqChurchChurchMémorial de Neuve-Chapelle6.4 km west, in Richebourg
MuseumMusée d'Histoire naturelle de Lille15 km northeast, in LilleCathedralCathedralCathédrale Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Vaast d'Arras32 km south, in ArrasAttractionAttractionVieille Bourse16 km northeast, in Lille
AttractionFort de Seclin13 km east, in Seclin
MuseumVilla Cavrois24 km northeast, in CroixPlaces within 40 km of Wicres with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Places to visit in Wicres: questions
Are there attractions near Wicres?
Nothing is mapped in Wicres itself, but within 5 km there are Musée de la bataille de Fromelles and La Ferme des Mottes.
Are there museums in or near Wicres?
One, in town or within 5 km: Musée de la bataille de Fromelles.
What well-known places are within a day out of Wicres?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille (15 km), Louvre-Lens (16 km), Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-la-Treille (16 km), Lille Métropole Musée d'Art moderne, d'Art contemporain et d'Art brut (21 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 Wicres, 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 (8)
- Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille: Velvet, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louvre-Lens: JackyM59, 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
- Musée d'Histoire naturelle de Lille: Velvet, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fort de Seclin: HERALDIX, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Villa Cavrois: 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.