Hauts-de-France, France · Europe
Avesnes-sur-Helpe is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Cartignies, 27km from Chimay Street Circuit.
Avesnes-sur-Helpe is a town located in Hauts-de-France, France. With a population of 7, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Avesnes-sur-Helpe sits in France, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Paris time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Avesnes-sur-Helpe to your route.
Avesnes-sur-Helpe (French pronunciation: [avɛn syʁ ɛlp] ; West Flemish: Avenne aan de Helpe; Picard: Avinne-su-Helpe) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the Nord department. It is situated 14 km from the Belgian border, and 18 km south of Maubeuge, the nearest largerRead more
town. The river Helpe Majeure, a tributary of the Sambre, flows through the town. Upstream of Avesnes on the river there is the Lac du Val-Joly, an artificial lake.
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Avesnes-sur-Helpe is located in Hauts-de-France, France, Europe. The coordinates are 50.1237 latitude, 3.9257 longitude.
Avesnes-sur-Helpe has a population of approximately 7 people, making it a town in France.
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A Belgian village street circuit running since 1926, still used for historic car and motorcycle racing on closed public roads. Between meetings you can drive the whole flat-out 4km lap through farmland and the town outskirts.
27 km · about 30 min drive
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A colossal 73 m boat elevator on the Canal du Centre, among the tallest in the world, hoisting entire barges in a concrete cathedral visible for miles across Hainaut.
42 km · about 50 min drive
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Four UNESCO-listed 19th-century hydraulic boat lifts near La Louvière, still standing on the old Canal du Centre.
43 km · about 50 min drive
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Perfect star-shaped bastioned town in the French Ardennes, laid out in 1555 and remodelled by Vauban, its five-pointed geometry of ramparts and radial streets still fully intact.
48 km · about 55 min drive
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Belgium's most-visited attraction: a 75-hectare animal park built around a former Cistercian abbey in Hainaut, with full-scale Chinese, Indonesian and Middle Kingdom gardens housing giant pandas, gorillas and elephants.
51 km · about 60 min drive
April to October
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