Contre travel guide
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Visit Contre: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Contre is situated in the Somme department (Picardy region) in the north of France at 22 km from Amiens, the department capital. (General information: Contre is 101 km from Paris and 135 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Amiens at 22 km from Contre
Popular places to visit near Contre: these include Amiens at 22 km and Gerberoy at 30 km.
Parc du château de Digeon is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 20km and Cathédrale Notre Dame (Amiens) is a listed 'religious monument' at 22km. 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 Contre, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Contre
See France This Way travel guides for and Picardy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Contre.
Note that all distances from Contre shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Contre holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Contre (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 Contre and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château de Digeon (20km) : Le clos Alexandre (22km) : Parc et roseraie du château de Rambures (37km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Gerberoy (30km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Notre Dame (Amiens) (22km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Beauvais) (35km) : Abbaye Saint Germer de Fly (Saint-Germer-de-Fly) (41km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Mureaumont (26km) : Beauvais (35km) : Remerangles (36km) :
- Heritage Sites: Amiens Cathedral (22km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Amiens (27km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Forges-les-Eaux (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Contre & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Contre
Canton: Conty
Arrondissement: Amiens
Department: Somme
Region: Picardy
Postcode: 80160
Distance to Contre
from Amiens: 22 km
from Paris: 101 km
from Calais: 135 km
from Nice: 779 km
from Bordeaux: 582 km
from Strasbourg: 431 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 17 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Contre): Belleuse, Bergicourt, Brassy, Conty, Courcelles-sous-Thoix, Croissy-sur-Celle, Famechon, Fleury, Fremontiers, Loeuilly, Monsures, Moyencourt-les-Poix, Offoy, Sentelie, Thoix, Tilloy-les-Conty and Velennes.
Getting here
For driving distances to Contre from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Contre