Around Willies, start with Aquarium
There is no place to visit in Willies; there are 3 within 5 km of its centre. The commonest are 2 attractions and a château. Day-trippers head 14 km out to Abbaye de Montreuil-les-Dames.
Around Willies: where to begin
Beyond Aquarium, there are a château and 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 things are
Just outside town, most of the 3 sit to the east.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Willies; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
By kind
Other sights lead the count with 2 of 3.
Dark: in Willies. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
The full list
Its 3 places all lie within 5 km of its centre.
Nothing is mapped in Willies itself; these are within 5 km of its centre.
A drive away
Abbaye de Montreuil-les-Dames, at 14 km, heads the 12.
FortFort de Leveau23 km northwest, in FeigniesAttractionAttractionOuvrage de La Salmagne23 km north, in Vieux-RengFortFortOuvrage de Bersillies24 km north, in Villers-Sire-NicoleFortFortOuvrage des Sarts24 km northwest, in MairieuxFortFortOuvrage d'Eth38 km northwest, in EthPlaces within 40 km of Willies with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Visiting Willies: questions
Are there attractions near Willies?
Nothing is mapped in Willies itself, but within 5 km there are Aquarium, Château de la Motte and Côté Sud.
Are there museums in or near Willies?
No museum or gallery is mapped in Willies or within 5 km.
What well-known places are within a day out of Willies?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Abbaye de Montreuil-les-Dames (14 km), Abbaye de Saint-Michel (22 km), Abbaye de Hautmont (19 km), Abbaye de Maubeuge (20 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 Willies, 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.