Wattignies travel guide
Visit Wattignies: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Lille at 6 km from Wattignies
Location: Wattignies is situated in the Nord department (Nord-Pas-de-Calais region) in the north-east of France at 6 km from Lille, the department capital. (General information: Wattignies is 199 km from Paris and 93 km from the port at Calais).
Tourist classifications for Wattignies: Village in bloom (fr: ville fleurie);
Popular places to visit near Wattignies: these include Lille at 6 km and Roubaix at 15 km. Beffroi de Loos (Belfries of Belgium and France) is a listed heritage site at 4 km and Beffroi de Lille (Belfries of Belgium and France) is a listed heritage site at 5 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Wattignies, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Wattignies
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 Wattignies.
Note that all distances from Wattignies shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Wattignies holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Wattignies
- Haubourdin: market every Friday (5km)
- Annoeullin: market every Tuesday (11km)
- Cysoing: market every Tuesday & Sunday (12km)
- Hem: market every Saturday (12km)
- Libercourt: market every Thursday (12km)
- Croix: market every Wednesday & Sunday & Saturday (13km)
- Carvin: market every Saturday (13km)
- Courrieres: market every Wednesday (16km)
- Armentieres: market every Friday (16km)
- Leforest: market every Wednesday (17km)
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 Wattignies and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Wattignies map below.
Heritage Site Beffroi de Loos (Belfries of Belgium and France) (4km); Beffroi de Lille (Belfries of Belgium and France) (5km); Beffroi d'Armentières (Belfries of Belgium and France) (16km); Beffroi de Comines (Belfries of Belgium and France) (20km); Beffroi de Douai (Belfries of Belgium and France) (25km); Beffroi de Bailleul (Belfries of Belgium and France) (28km); Beffroi de Béthune (Belfries of Belgium and France) (30km); Beffroi et hôtel de ville d'Arras (Belfries of Belgium and France) (38km); Arras citadelle (Vauban fortifications) (40km)
Recommended Detour Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (31km)
Regional Natural Parc Scarpe-Escaut (31km)
Religious Monument Cathédrale Notre Dame de La Treille (Lille) (6km)
Remarkable Garden Le parc Barbieux (13km); Le jardin du Manoir-aux-Loups (22km); La ferme du mont des Récollets (46km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Lille (5km)
Town Of Art And History Lille (6km); Roubaix (15km); Arras (40km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Wasquehal (11km); Roubaix (14km); Tourcoing (17km); Mastaing (36km); Arras (39km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Parc zoologique de Lille (6km)
Map of places to visit near Wattignies & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Wattignies
Canton: Seclin-Nord
Arrondissement: Lille
Department: Nord
Region: Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Postcode: 59139
Distance to Wattignies
from Lille (local prefecture): 6 km
from Paris: 199 km
from Calais: 93 km
from Nice: 829 km
from Bordeaux: 694 km
from Strasbourg: 405 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 19 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Wattignies): Avelin, Emmerin, Ennevelin, Faches-Thumesnil, Fretin, Gondecourt, Haubourdin, Herrin, Houplin-Ancoisne, Lesquin, Lezennes, Lille, Loos, Noyelles-les-Seclin, Ronchin, Seclin, Sequedin, Templemars and Vendeville.
Getting here
For driving distances to Wattignies from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Wattignies