Velennes travel guide
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Visit Velennes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Velennes is situated in the Somme department (Picardy region) in the north of France at 21 km from Amiens, the department capital. (General information: Velennes is 102 km from Paris and 133 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Amiens at 21 km from Velennes
Popular places to visit near Velennes: these include Amiens at 21 km and Gerberoy at 31 km.
Parc du château de Digeon is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 20km and Cathédrale Notre Dame (Amiens) is a listed 'religious monument' at 21km. 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 Velennes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Velennes
See France This Way travel guides for and Picardy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Velennes.
Note that all distances from Velennes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Velennes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Velennes (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 Somme 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 Velennes and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château de Digeon (20km) : Le clos Alexandre (21km) : Parc et roseraie du château de Rambures (36km) : Jardin du château de Maizicourt (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Gerberoy (31km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Notre Dame (Amiens) (21km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Beauvais) (37km) : Abbaye Saint Germer de Fly (Saint-Germer-de-Fly) (42km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Mureaumont (27km) : Beauvais (37km) : Remerangles (38km) :
- Heritage Sites: Amiens Cathedral (21km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Amiens (26km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Forges-les-Eaux (43km) :
Map of places to visit near Velennes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Velennes
Canton: Conty
Arrondissement: Amiens
Department: Somme
Region: Picardy
Postcode: 80160
Distance to Velennes
from Amiens: 21 km
from Paris: 102 km
from Calais: 133 km
from Nice: 780 km
from Bordeaux: 583 km
from Strasbourg: 431 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 15 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Velennes): Belleuse, Bergicourt, Brassy, Contre, Conty, Courcelles-sous-Thoix, Famechon, Fleury, Fremontiers, Loeuilly, Monsures, Moyencourt-les-Poix, Namps-Maisnil, Sentelie and Tilloy-les-Conty.
Getting here
For driving distances to Velennes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Velennes