Avelin travel guide
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Visit Avelin: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Avelin is situated in the Nord department (Nord-Pas-de-Calais region) in the north-east of France at 11 km from Lille, the department capital. (General information: Avelin is 194 km from Paris and 98 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Lille at 11 km from Avelin
Popular places to visit near Avelin: these include Lille at 11 km and Roubaix at 18 km.
Wattignies is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 6km and Cathédrale Notre Dame de La Treille (Lille) is a listed 'religious monument' at 11km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Avelin, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Avelin
See France This Way travel guides for and Nord-Pas-de-Calais (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Avelin.
Note that all distances from Avelin shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Avelin holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Avelin (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Nord gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Avelin and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Le parc Barbieux (17km) : Le jardin du Manoir-aux-Loups (28km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Notre Dame de La Treille (Lille) (11km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Wattignies (6km) : Wasquehal (15km) : Roubaix (18km) : Tourcoing (21km) : Mastaing (31km) : Arras (35km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Lille (11km) : Cambrai (43km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (27km) :
Map of places to visit near Avelin & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Avelin
Canton: Pont-à-Marcq
Arrondissement: Lille
Department: Nord
Region: Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Postcode: 59710
Distance to Avelin
from Lille: 11 km
from Paris: 194 km
from Calais: 98 km
from Nice: 823 km
from Bordeaux: 690 km
from Strasbourg: 401 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 15 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Avelin): Attiches, Ennevelin, Fretin, Houplin-Ancoisne, La Neuville, Lesquin, Merignies, Noyelles-les-Seclin, Phalempin, Seclin, Templemars, Tourmignies, Vendeville, Wahagnies and Wattignies.
Getting here
For driving distances to Avelin from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Avelin