Herin tourism and travel guide
Visit Herin: highlights and tourist information
To Visit AttractionsHerin is situated in the Nord department and Nord-Pas-de-Calais region (now part of the Hauts-de-France region), in the north-east of France at 42 kilometres from Lille, the department capital (general information: Herin is 185 kilometres from Paris).
Popular places to visit nearby include Saint-Amand-les-Eaux at 11 km and Le Quesnoy at 18 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Herin, 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 Herin 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 Nord
Map of places to visit near Herin
Markets in and near Herin
- Anzin: market Tuesday & Friday (4km)
- Beuvrages: market Sunday (5km)
- Denain: market Thursday (5km)
- Bruay-sur-l'Escaut: market Thursday & Sunday (8km)
- Douchy-les-Mines: market Saturday (8km)
- Escaudain: market Monday (8km)
- Fenain: market Saturday (11km)
- Abscon: market Tuesday (11km)
- Aniche: market Friday (14km)
- Avesnes-les-Aubert: market Thursday & Sunday (19km)
More information about Herin, Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Tourist attractions near Herin, France
Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Herin.
Heritage sites
- Beffroi de Cambrai (Belfries of Belgium and France) (26km)
- Beffroi de Douai (Belfries of Belgium and France) (26km)
- Beffroi de Lille (Belfries of Belgium and France) (41km)
- Beffroi de Loos (Belfries of Belgium and France) (42km)
- Beffroi d'Armentières (Belfries of Belgium and France) (55km)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
- Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (11km)
- Fourmies (57km)
Regional Natural Parcs
- Scarpe-Escaut (9km)
- l'Avesnois (36km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Eglise de Notre Dame de Vaucelles (Les Rues-des-Vignes) (34km)
- Cathédrale Notre Dame de La Treille (Lille) (42km)
Remarkable gardens
- Le jardin de Sylvie Fontaine (33km)
- Le parc Barbieux (41km)
Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)
(see also historical French towns)
- Lille (42km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Réserve naturelle régionale du Pré des Nonnettes (15km)
- Réserve naturelle régionale de la Tourbière de Vred (16km)
- Réserve naturelle régionale du Marais de Wagnonville (27km)
- Réserve naturelle du Jardin écologique du Vieux-Lille (43km)
- Les Prés du Hem (56km)
Towns of Art and history
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Mastaing (12km)
- Wattignies (38km)
- Wasquehal (42km)
- Tourcoing (46km)
- Guyencourt-Saulcourt (48km)
Zoo and/or wildlife park
- Parc zoologique de Lille (43km)
Geography and distances
Geographical Information
Commune: Herin
Canton: Valenciennes-Sud
Arrondissement: Valenciennes
Department: Nord
Region: Nord-Pas-de-Calais
New region: Hauts-de-France
Postcode: 59195
Distance to Herin
from Lille (prefecture): 42 km
from Paris: 185 km
from Calais: 131 km
from Nice: 794 km
from Bordeaux: 684 km
from Strasbourg: 367 km
Getting here
For driving distances to Herin from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 22 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Anzin, Aubry-du-Hainaut, Aulnoy-Lez-Valenciennes, Bellaing, Beuvrages, Bruay-sur-l'Escaut, Denain, Famars, Haulchin, Haveluy, La Sentinelle, Maing, Oisy, Petite-Foret, Prouvy, Raismes, Rouvignies, Thiant, Trith-Saint-Leger, Valenciennes, Wallers and Wavrechain-sous-Denain.
This page in French: Visiter Herin
