Somain travel guide
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Visit Somain: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Somain is situated in the Nord department (Nord-Pas-de-Calais region) in the north-east of France at 34 km from Lille, the department capital. (General information: Somain is 180 km from Paris and 120 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Cambrai at 22 km from Somain
Popular places to visit near Somain: these include Cambrai at 22 km and Lille at 35 km.
Mastaing is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 6km and Scarpe-Escaut is a listed 'regional natural parc' 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 Somain, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Somain
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 Somain.
Note that all distances from Somain shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Somain holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Somain (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 Somain and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Le parc Barbieux (36km) : Le jardin de Sylvie Fontaine (42km) : Le jardin du Manoir-aux-Loups (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre Dame de Vaucelles (Les Rues-des-Vignes) (31km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame de La Treille (Lille) (35km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Mastaing (6km) : Wattignies (30km) : Wasquehal (36km) : Arras (37km) : Roubaix (38km) : Tourcoing (41km) : Guyencourt-Saulcourt (43km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Cambrai (22km) : Lille (35km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (14km) :
Map of places to visit near Somain & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Somain
Canton: Marchiennes
Arrondissement: Douai
Department: Nord
Region: Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Postcode: 59490
Distance to Somain
from Lille: 34 km
from Paris: 180 km
from Calais: 120 km
from Nice: 799 km
from Bordeaux: 678 km
from Strasbourg: 378 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 20 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Somain): Abscon, Aniche, Auberchicourt, Bruille-Lez-Marchiennes, Ecaillon, Emerchicourt, Erre, Escaudain, Fenain, Helesmes, Hornaing, Lourches, Marchiennes, Masny, Pecquencourt, Rieulay, Roeulx, Vred, Wandignies-Hamage and Warlaing.
Getting here
For driving distances to Somain from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Somain