Fonsommes travel guide
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Visit Fonsommes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Fonsommes is situated in the Aisne department (Picardy region) in the north of France at 41 km from Laon, the department capital. (General information: Fonsommes is 139 km from Paris and 160 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Quentin at 10 km from Fonsommes
Popular places to visit near Fonsommes: these include Saint-Quentin at 10 km and Cambrai at 31 km.
Saint-Quentin is a listed 'town of art and history' at 10km and Gauchy is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 13km. 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 Fonsommes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Fonsommes
See France This Way travel guides for Aisne and Picardy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Fonsommes.
Note that all distances from Fonsommes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Fonsommes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Fonsommes (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 Aisne 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 Fonsommes and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château (21km) : Le jardin de Sylvie Fontaine (37km) : Jardin de Bosmont-sur-Serre (38km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau Coucy (43km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre Dame de Vaucelles (Les Rues-des-Vignes) (22km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Gauchy (13km) : Guyencourt-Saulcourt (25km) : Vivaise (33km) : Ebouleau (42km) : Mastaing (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Quentin (10km) : Cambrai (31km) : Laon (41km) : Noyon (46km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fourmies (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Fonsommes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Fonsommes
Canton: Saint-Quentin-Nord
Arrondissement: Saint-Quentin
Department: Aisne
Region: Picardy
Postcode: 02110
Distance to Fonsommes
from Laon: 41 km
from Paris: 139 km
from Calais: 160 km
from Nice: 749 km
from Bordeaux: 638 km
from Strasbourg: 348 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 17 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Fonsommes): Croix-Fonsommes, Essigny-le-Petit, Etaves-et-Bocquiaux, Fieulaine, Fontaine-Notre-Dame, Fontaine-Uterte, Fresnoy-le-Grand, Homblieres, Lesdins, Marcy, Montigny-en-Arrouaise, Morcourt, Neuvillette, Remaucourt, Rouvroy, Seboncourt and Sequehart.
Getting here
For driving distances to Fonsommes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Fonsommes