Contre tourism and travel guide
Visit Contre: highlights and tourist information
To Visit AttractionsContre is situated in the Somme department and Picardy region (now part of the Hauts-de-France region), in the north of France at 28 kilometres from Amiens, the department capital (general information: Contre is 101 kilometres from Paris).
Popular places to visit nearby include Amiens Cathedral at 22 km and Amiens at 22 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Contre, 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 Contre 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 Contre
Markets in and near Contre
- Poix-de-Picardie: market Sunday (8km)
- Amiens: market Thursday & Sunday & Saturday & all day (22km)
- Aumale: market Saturday (25km)
- Formerie: market Wednesday (28km)
- Moreuil: market Tuesday (28km)
- Saint-Ouen: market Sunday (32km)
- Corbie: market Friday (35km)
- Beauvais: market Wednesday all day & Saturday all day (35km)
- Montdidier: market Thursday (36km)
- Saint-Just-en-Chaussee: market Tuesday (36km)
More information about Contre, Picardy
Tourist attractions near Contre, France
Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Contre.
Heritage sites
- Folleville église Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-et-Saint-Jean-Baptiste (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (21km)
- Amiens Cathedral (22km)
- Beffroi d'Amiens (Belfries of Belgium and France) (22km)
- Beffroi d'Abbeville (Belfries of Belgium and France) (44km)
- Beffroi de Saint-Riquier (Belfries of Belgium and France) (44km)
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
- Gerberoy (30km)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
- Forges-les-Eaux (42km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Beauvais) (35km)
- Abbaye Saint Germer de Fly (Saint-Germer-de-Fly) (41km)
Remarkable gardens
- Parc du château de Digeon (20km)
- Le clos Alexandre (22km)
- Parc et roseraie du château de Rambures (37km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Montagne de Montenoy (13km)
- Réserve naturelle de l'Étang Saint-Ladre (24km)
- Hortillonnages d'Amiens (25km)
- Forêt du Parc de Saint-Quentin (33km)
- Plan d'eau du Canada (33km)
- Réserve naturelle régionale des Larris et Tourbières de Saint-Pierre-es-Champs (44km)
- Forêt de Hez-Froidmont (44km)
- Hable-d'Ault (63km)
Amusement park / theme park
- Parc Saint Paul (37km)
Towns of Art and history
- Amiens (27km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Mureaumont (26km)
- Beauvais (35km)
- Remerangles (36km)
- Lyons-la-Foret (59km)
Geography and distances
Distance to Contre
from Amiens (prefecture): 28 km
from Paris: 101 km
from Calais: 135 km
from Nice: 779 km
from Bordeaux: 582 km
from Strasbourg: 431 km
Getting here
Contre 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 Contre from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 17 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Belleuse, Bergicourt, Brassy, Conty, Courcelles-sous-Thoix, Croissy-sur-Celle, Famechon, Fleury, Fremontiers, Loeuilly, Monsures, Moyencourt-les-Poix, Offoy, Sentelie, Thoix, Tilloy-les-Conty and Velennes.
This page in French: Visiter Contre
