Helesmes travel guide
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Visit Helesmes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Helesmes is situated in the Nord department (Nord-Pas-de-Calais region) in the north-east of France at 37 km from Lille, the department capital. (General information: Helesmes is 183 km from Paris and 125 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Cambrai at 24 km from Helesmes
Popular places to visit near Helesmes: these include Cambrai at 24 km and Lille at 37 km.
Mastaing is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 8km and Scarpe-Escaut is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 9km. 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 Helesmes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Helesmes
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 Helesmes.
Note that all distances from Helesmes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Helesmes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Helesmes (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 Helesmes and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Le jardin de Sylvie Fontaine (38km) : Le parc Barbieux (38km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre Dame de Vaucelles (Les Rues-des-Vignes) (33km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame de La Treille (Lille) (37km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Mastaing (8km) : Wattignies (33km) : Wasquehal (38km) : Roubaix (39km) : Tourcoing (43km) : Arras (43km) : Guyencourt-Saulcourt (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Cambrai (24km) : Lille (37km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (11km) :
Map of places to visit near Helesmes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Hélesmes
Canton: Denain
Arrondissement: Valenciennes
Department: Nord
Region: Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Postcode: 59171
Distance to Helesmes
from Lille: 37 km
from Paris: 183 km
from Calais: 125 km
from Nice: 797 km
from Bordeaux: 681 km
from Strasbourg: 373 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 19 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Helesmes): Abscon, Bellaing, Denain, Erre, Escaudain, Fenain, Hasnon, Haulchin, Haveluy, Hornaing, Lourches, Marchiennes, Oisy, Rouvignies, Somain, Wallers, Wandignies-Hamage, Warlaing and Wavrechain-sous-Denain.
Getting here
For driving distances to Helesmes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Helesmes