Balatre travel guide
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Visit Balatre: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Balatre is situated in the Somme department (Picardy region) in the north of France at 46 km from Amiens, the department capital. (General information: Balatre is 102 km from Paris and 155 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Noyon at 17 km from Balatre
Popular places to visit near Balatre: these include Noyon at 17 km and Saint-Quentin at 34 km.
Noyon is a listed 'town of art and history' at 17km and Gauchy is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 32km. 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 Balatre, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Balatre
See France This Way travel guides for and Picardy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Balatre.
Note that all distances from Balatre shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Balatre holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Balatre (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 Picardy and Somme 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 Balatre and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château de Compiègne (33km) : Le clos Alexandre (46km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau Coucy (39km) : Pierrefonds Chateau (41km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Notre Dame (Amiens) (45km) : Eglise abbatiale de Notre Dame (Morienval) (46km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gilocourt) (46km) : Eglise de Saint Sulpice (Bethancourt-en-Valois) (47km) : Abbaye Saint-Jean-Baptiste du Moncel (Pontpoint) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Gauchy (32km) : Guyencourt-Saulcourt (36km) :
- Heritage Sites: Amiens Cathedral (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Noyon (17km) : Saint-Quentin (34km) : Amiens (48km) : Soissons (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Balatre & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Balâtre
Canton: Roye
Arrondissement: Montdidier
Department: Somme
Region: Picardy
Postcode: 80700
Distance to Balatre
from Amiens: 46 km
from Paris: 102 km
from Calais: 155 km
from Nice: 747 km
from Bordeaux: 601 km
from Strasbourg: 377 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 22 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Balatre): Beaulieu-les-Fontaines, Biarre, Billancourt, Carrepuis, Champien, Cremery, Cressy-Omencourt, Ercheu, Etalon, Gruny, Herly, Languevoisin-Quiquery, Liancourt-Fosse, Marche-Allouarde, Margny-Aux-Cerises, Nesle, Ognolles, Rethonvillers, Roiglise, Roye, Solente and Verpillieres.
Getting here
For driving distances to Balatre from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Balatre