Velaines travel guide
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Visit Velaines: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Velaines is situated in the Meuse department (Lorraine region) in the north-east of France at 13 km from Bar-le-Duc, the department capital. (General information: Velaines is 217 km from Paris and 351 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Bar-le-Duc at 13 km from Velaines
Popular places to visit near Velaines: these include Bar-le-Duc at 13 km and at km.
Bar-le-Duc is a listed 'town of art and history' at 13km and Parc de la Varenne is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 16km. 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 Velaines, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Velaines
See France This Way travel guides for and Lorraine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Velaines.
Note that all distances from Velaines shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Velaines holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Velaines (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 France and Meuse 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 Velaines and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de la Varenne (16km) : Parc de G. de Tréves (18km) : Le jardin de mon moulin (29km) : Le château du grand jardin (31km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Haussignemont (40km) : Beaulieu-en-Argonne (40km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Bar-le-Duc (13km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Commercy (22km) : Toul (43km) :
Map of places to visit near Velaines & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Velaines
Canton: Ligny-en-Barrois
Arrondissement: Bar-le-Duc
Department: Meuse
Region: Lorraine
Postcode: 55500
Distance to Velaines
from Bar-le-Duc: 13 km
from Paris: 217 km
from Calais: 351 km
from Nice: 576 km
from Bordeaux: 620 km
from Strasbourg: 180 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 13 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Velaines): Chanteraine, Givrauval, Guerpont, Ligny-en-Barrois, Maulan, Menaucourt, Nancois-sur-Ornain, Nant-le-Grand, Salmagne, Silmont, Tannois, Tronville-en-Barrois and Willeroncourt.
Getting here
For driving distances to Velaines from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Velaines