Hancourt tourism and travel guide

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Visit Hancourt: highlights and tourist information

Hancourt is situated in the Somme department and Hauts-de-France region.

Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Hancourt in Hauts-de-France.

Popular places to visit nearby include Peronne at 10 km and Saint-Quentin at 16 km.

Hancourt, France: places to visit and attractions

Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!

Peronne

at 10 km (direction west-north-west)

The town of Péronne is above all known for its impressive Museum commemorating life...

See Peronne guide

Saint-Quentin

at 16 km (direction east-south-east), in the Aisne department

In the central square in Saint-Quentin, the 16th century town hall is a remarkable...

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Cambrai

at 31 km (direction north-north-east), in the Nord department

Remarkably for the town that was the site of the world's first ever tank...

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Noyon

at 36 km (direction south-south-west), in the Oise department

The medieval centre of Noyon is dominated by its cathedral in the 'transition' style...

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Ourscamp abbey

Abbey at 41 km (direction south-south-west), in the Oise department

Ourscamp abbey is an abbey in Picardy, now in ruins and surrounded by a...

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Arras Carriere Wellington

Monument at 47 km (direction north-west), in the Pas-de-Calais department

The Carrière Wellington museum in Arras is a series of tunnels that were used...

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Arras

at 47 km (direction north-west), in the Pas-de-Calais department

The belfry and the large number of baroque style houses make the centre of...

See Arras guide

Laon

at 55 km (direction east-south-east), in the Aisne department

The cathedral in Laon is an astonishing early gothic masterpiece, and the Museum of...

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Le Quesnoy

at 55 km (direction east-north-east), in the Nord department

Le Quesnoy is best known for the promenade around the impressive ramparts that surround...

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Maroilles

at 55 km (direction east-north-east), in the Nord department

It is the riverside setting and the buildings that remain of the abbey complex...

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Forest of Mormal

at 57 km (direction east-north-east), in the Nord department

Mormal forest is the largest forest in the region and has hundreds of kilometres...

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Map of places to visit near Hancourt

Markets in and near Hancourt

• Peronne: market Saturday (10km)
• Saint-Quentin: market Wednesday & Sunday & Friday (17km)
• Ham: market Saturday (17km)
• Fresnoy-le-Grand: market Monday (25km)
• Bapaume: market Friday (27km)
• Bohain-en-Vermandois: market Friday (29km)
• Rosieres-en-Santerre: market Tuesday (29km)
• Origny-Sainte-Benoite: market Thursday (31km)
• Roye: market Friday (31km)
• Cambrai: market Wednesday & Saturday (32km)

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Tourist attractions near Hancourt, France

What to do at Hancourt? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Hancourt.

Heritage sites

• Beffroi de Cambrai (Belfries of Belgium and France) (32km)
• Arras citadelle (Vauban fortifications) (48km)
• Beffroi et hôtel de ville d'Arras (Belfries of Belgium and France) (48km)

National Monuments

• Chateau Coucy (46km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Eglise de Notre Dame de Vaucelles (Les Rues-des-Vignes) (23km)

Remarkable gardens

• Jardins du château (44km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Laon (56km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Réserve naturelle des Marais d'Isle (18km)
• Réserve naturelle des Landes de Versigny (40km)

Towns of Art and history

• Saint-Quentin (16km)
• Cambrai (31km)
• Noyon (36km)
• Arras (47km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Guyencourt-Saulcourt (10km)
• Gauchy (17km)
• Vivaise (47km)
• Mastaing (48km)

Geography and distances

Hancourt is in the north of France at 47 kilometres from Amiens, the department capital (general information: Hancourt is 128 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

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 Hancourt from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 18 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Bernes, Bouvincourt-en-Vermandois, Buire-Courcelles, Cartigny, Caulaincourt, Devise, Estrees-Mons, Hervilly, Hesbecourt, Jeancourt, Marquaix, Poeuilly, Roisel, Tertry, Tincourt-Boucly, Trefcon, Vendelles and Vermand.

This page in French: Visiter Hancourt