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Mémorial de Verdun
The museum and battlefield of WWI's longest, bloodiest battle, where forts and craters still scar the forest.
15 km · about 30 min drive
Grand Est, France · Europe
Étain is worth a stop: 20 minutes from Bouligny, 33km from Voie Sacrée.
Étain is a town located in Grand Est, France. With a population of 3,710, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Étain 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 Étain to your route.
The canton of Étain is an administrative division of the Meuse department, northeastern France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Étain. It consists of the following communes:
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Étain is located in Grand Est, France, Europe. The coordinates are 49.2126 latitude, 5.6402 longitude.
Étain has a population of approximately 3,710 people, making it a town in France.
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museum
The museum and battlefield of WWI's longest, bloodiest battle, where forts and craters still scar the forest.
15 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
A solemn cloister holding the bones of 130,000 unidentified soldiers above the Verdun battlefield.
16 km · about 30 min drive
historic highway
The 'Sacred Way' from Bar-le-Duc to Verdun, the lifeline road that supplied the 1916 battle with a truck every 14 seconds. Milestones topped with poilu helmets line the route through Souilly.
33 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
Belgium's southernmost village, a huddle of golden-stone, Roman-tiled houses on a vine-planted south-facing slope in Gaume: a microclimate so mild locals call it the 'Belgian Provence'.
35 km · about 40 min drive
museum
Open-air industrial heritage park in Luxembourg's red-earth iron country, where the 1900 steam train and the Minièresbunn mine railway still run through ore tunnels to the preserved mining village of Lasauvage (season May-September).
39 km · about 45 min drive
cathedral
Nicknamed the 'Lantern of God' for its immense expanse of stained glass, including windows by Chagall.
40 km · about 45 min drive
landmark
Fortified Lorraine village dubbed the 'Little Carcassonne', minutes from the Luxembourg border, with 700 m of intact medieval ramparts, a massive gate tower and flower-lined lanes.
52 km · about 60 min drive
landmark
Romantic medieval abbey ruins beside a working Trappist monastery in the Gaume forest, source of the cult Orval beer; visit the ruins and museum, then drink the beer at the Ange Gardien inn opposite the gate.
52 km · about 60 min drive
April to October
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