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Vieux Lille
Lively old quarter of Flemish brick gables and grand squares, the cultural capital of the French north.
15 km · about 30 min drive
Wallonia, Belgium · Europe
Néchin is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Lys-lez-Lannoy, 15km from Vieux Lille.
Néchin is a town located in Wallonia, Belgium. With a population of 2,235, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Néchin sits in Belgium, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Brussels time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Néchin to your route.
Néchin (French pronunciation: [neʃɛ̃]) is a town of Wallonia and district of the municipality of Estaimpuis, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium, near the border with France's Hauts-de-France region. It was a municipality until the fusion of the Belgian municipalities in 1977.
The village of Néchin has becomeRead more
known for the number of French millionaires and billionaires living there. It benefits from its location next to the French border, very close to Lille Métropole metropolitan area, and from Belgium's tax laws which are advantageous to people with high earnings from stock or capital gains, compared to the laws in France. Members of the Mulliez family, owners of the Auchan hypermarket chain and Decathlon sports stores, own a number of properties. The most famous French tax exile in Néchin is actor Gérard Depardieu, who purchased a house there in 2012.
In the early 2010s, Néchin received international media attention when several wealthy French individuals chose to establish residence in the village to benefit from Belgium's tax regime. French newspapers and international media reported that a notable proportion of the residents were French, attracted by lower taxes on wealth and capital gains compared with France. In 2012, French actor Gérard Depardieu bought a property in Néchin and registered as a resident amid changes to French tax laws, a move that drew significant public and political comment in both countries. The presence of affluent expatriates has led to the village sometimes being described in the press as a destination for high-income individuals living near the French border.
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Néchin is located in Wallonia, Belgium, Europe. The coordinates are 50.6670 latitude, 3.2665 longitude.
Néchin has a population of approximately 2,235 people, making it a town in Belgium.
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Lively old quarter of Flemish brick gables and grand squares, the cultural capital of the French north.
15 km · about 30 min drive
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A vast memorial arch bearing 54,000 names of the missing, where the Last Post sounds every evening at eight.
33 km · about 40 min drive
museum
Set in Ypres' rebuilt Cloth Hall, this museum tells the harrowing story of the WWI Western Front trenches.
34 km · about 40 min drive
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A luminous glass-and-steel satellite of the Louvre rising from a former coal-mining town.
42 km · about 50 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.
45 km · about 50 min drive
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The abbey café opposite Saint-Sixtus monastery in Westvleteren: effectively the only place on earth to reliably drink Westvleteren 12, long rated the world's best beer, at the source with a slab of abbey cheese.
46 km · about 55 min drive
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Twin soaring pylons crown a WWI battlefield of preserved trenches and craters above the Douai plain.
47 km · about 55 min drive
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Vibrant medieval Flemish city with stunning canal-side architecture, the Gravensteen castle, and the famous Ghent Altarpiece.
53 km · about 60 min drive
April to October
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