Creuse travel guide
Visit Creuse: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Amiens at 12 km from Creuse
Location: Creuse is situated in the Somme department (Picardy region) in the north of France at 19 km from Amiens, the department capital. (General information: Creuse is 110 km from Paris and 125 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Creuse: these include Amiens at 12 km and Abbeville at 38 km. Amiens Cathedral is a listed heritage site at 12 km and Beffroi d'Amiens (Belfries of Belgium and France) is a listed heritage site at 12 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Creuse, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Creuse
See France This Way travel guides for Somme and Picardy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Creuse.
Note that all distances from Creuse shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Creuse holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Creuse
- Amiens: market every Thursday & Sunday & Saturday & all day (12km)
- Poix-de-Picardie: market every Sunday (15km)
- Saint-Ouen: market every Sunday (22km)
- Moreuil: market every Tuesday (24km)
- Corbie: market every Friday (26km)
- Aumale: market every Saturday (31km)
- Montdidier: market every Thursday (36km)
- Doullens: market every Thursday (37km)
- Formerie: market every Wednesday (37km)
- Abbeville: market every Thursday & Saturday (38km)
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 Creuse and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Creuse map below.
Heritage Site Amiens Cathedral (12km); Beffroi d'Amiens (Belfries of Belgium and France) (12km); Folleville église Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-et-Saint-Jean-Baptiste (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (23km); Beffroi de Saint-Riquier (Belfries of Belgium and France) (36km); Beffroi de Doullens (Belfries of Belgium and France) (38km); Beffroi d'Abbeville (Belfries of Belgium and France) (38km); Beffroi de Lucheux (Belfries of Belgium and France) (44km)
Most Beautiful Village Gerberoy (41km)
Recommended Detour Saint-Valery-sur-Somme (54km)
Remarkable Garden Le clos Alexandre (12km); Parc du château de Digeon (25km); Parc et roseraie du château de Rambures (36km); Jardin du château de Maizicourt (40km); Herbarium des remparts (54km)
Town Of Art And History Amiens (16km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Mureaumont (36km)
Map of places to visit near Creuse & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Creuse
Canton: Molliens-Dreuil
Arrondissement: Amiens
Department: Somme
Region: Picardy
Postcode: 80480
Distance to Creuse
from Amiens (local prefecture): 19 km
from Paris: 110 km
from Calais: 125 km
from Nice: 785 km
from Bordeaux: 593 km
from Strasbourg: 429 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 20 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Creuse): Bacouel-sur-Selle, Bovelles, Briquemesnil-Floxicourt, Clairy-Saulchoix, Ferrieres, Fluy, Fossemanant, Guignemicourt, Namps-Maisnil, Nampty, Pissy, Plachy-Buyon, Pont-de-Metz, Prouzel, Quevauvillers, Revelles, Saleux, Salouel, Seux and Vers-sur-Selles.
Getting here
Somme is in the north of France. Most visitors take a a cross-channel ferry to a nearby port such as Dieppe or Boulogne or the channel tunnel to Calais. For driving distances to Creuse from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Creuse