Behencourt tourism and travel guide
Visit Behencourt: highlights and tourist information
To Visit AttractionsBehencourt is situated in the Somme department and Picardy region (now part of the Hauts-de-France region), in the north of France at 10 kilometres from Amiens, the department capital (general information: Behencourt is 125 kilometres from Paris).
Popular places to visit nearby include Amiens at 14 km and Amiens Cathedral at 14 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Behencourt, France: places to visit and attractions
Some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Behencourt in Hauts-de-France.
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!
... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Somme
Map of places to visit near Behencourt
Markets in and near Behencourt
- Corbie: market Friday (8km)
- Amiens: market Thursday & Sunday & Saturday & all day (14km)
- Albert: market Saturday (14km)
- Doullens: market Thursday (22km)
- Moreuil: market Tuesday (23km)
- Saint-Ouen: market Sunday (25km)
- Rosieres-en-Santerre: market Tuesday (25km)
- Bapaume: market Friday (32km)
- Peronne: market Saturday (35km)
- Frevent: market Tuesday (36km)
More information about Behencourt, Picardy
Tourist attractions near Behencourt, France
Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Behencourt.
Heritage sites
- Beffroi d'Amiens (Belfries of Belgium and France) (14km)
- Amiens Cathedral (14km)
- Beffroi de Doullens (Belfries of Belgium and France) (22km)
- Beffroi de Lucheux (Belfries of Belgium and France) (25km)
- Folleville église Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-et-Saint-Jean-Baptiste (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (34km)
- Beffroi de Saint-Riquier (Belfries of Belgium and France) (40km)
- Arras citadelle (Vauban fortifications) (41km)
- Beffroi et hôtel de ville d'Arras (Belfries of Belgium and France) (42km)
- Beffroi d'Abbeville (Belfries of Belgium and France) (47km)
- Beffroi d'Hesdin (Belfries of Belgium and France) (54km)
- Beffroi de Douai (Belfries of Belgium and France) (63km)
Remarkable gardens
- Le clos Alexandre (14km)
- Jardin du château de Maizicourt (34km)
- Parc du château de Sericourt (37km)
- Le jardin des Lianes (48km)
- Parc du château de Digeon (50km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Réserve naturelle de l'Étang Saint-Ladre (14km)
- Montagne de Montenoy (37km)
- Forêt de Crécy (53km)
Towns of Art and history
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Boubers-sur-Canche (38km)
- Guyencourt-Saulcourt (45km)
- Forest-l'Abbaye (52km)
Geography and distances
Distance to Behencourt
from Amiens (prefecture): 10 km
from Paris: 125 km
from Calais: 116 km
from Nice: 787 km
from Bordeaux: 615 km
from Strasbourg: 414 km
Getting here
Behencourt is in the north of France. Most visitors take a a cross-channel ferry to a nearby port such as Dieppe or Boulogne or the channel tunnel to Calais. For driving distances to Behencourt from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 20 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Baizieux, Bavelincourt, Beaucourt-sur-l'Hallue, Bonnay, Contay, Franvillers, Frechencourt, Heilly, Herissart, Lahoussoye, Mirvaux, Molliens-Au-Bois, Montigny-sur-l'Hallue, Pierregot, Pont-Noyelles, Querrieu, Rubempre, Saint-Gratien, Vadencourt and Warloy-Baillon.
This page in French: Visiter Behencourt
