museum
Louvre-Lens
A luminous glass-and-steel satellite of the Louvre rising from a former coal-mining town.
16 km · about 20 min drive
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Béthune
Hauts-de-France, France · Europe
About Béthune
Béthune is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Beuvry, 16km from Louvre-Lens.
Béthune is in Hauts-de-France, France, with about 32,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Beuvry, about 4 km away.
Béthune (French pronunciation: [betyn] ; Picard: Béthinne; archaic Dutch: Betun and Bethwyn historically in English) is a town in northern France, sub-prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department.
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What is there to see near Béthune?
Within an hour or so of Béthune: Louvre-Lens (16 km), Canadian National Vimy Memorial (19 km), Vieux Lille (32 km), In Flanders Fields Museum (40 km).
Are there any good drives near Béthune?
The nearest famous roads are Koninklijke Baan Coast Road and Chimay Street Circuit.
Where is Béthune?
Béthune is in Hauts-de-France, France, about 4 km from Beuvry.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 31,568
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- France
- Region
- Hauts-de-France
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
- Coordinates
- 50.5296, 2.6400
Emergency & Services
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Carrying a warning triangle and hi-vis vest in your vehicle is mandatory. Motorway emergency phones connect to official breakdown services only.
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Worth the detour from Béthune
7 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Canadian National Vimy Memorial
Twin soaring pylons crown a WWI battlefield of preserved trenches and craters above the Douai plain.
19 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
Vieux Lille
Lively old quarter of Flemish brick gables and grand squares, the cultural capital of the French north.
32 km · about 35 min drive
museum
In Flanders Fields Museum
Set in Ypres' rebuilt Cloth Hall, this museum tells the harrowing story of the WWI Western Front trenches.
40 km · about 45 min drive
landmark
Menin Gate
A vast memorial arch bearing 54,000 names of the missing, where the Last Post sounds every evening at eight.
40 km · about 45 min drive
cafe
In de Vrede
The abbey café opposite Saint-Sixtus monastery in Westvleteren: effectively the only place on earth to reliably drink Westvleteren 12, long rated the world's best beer, at the source with a slab of abbey cheese.
41 km · about 45 min drive
landmark
Thiepval Memorial
Lutyens' immense brick arch commemorates 72,000 missing of the Battle of the Somme.
53 km · about 60 min drive
Driving roads near Béthune
2 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 79 kmCap Blanc-NezDazzling white chalk cliffs on the Opal Coast with views across the Channel to England on clear days.
Driving in France
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.85/litre
- Motorway tolls
- ~€10.00/100km
When to drive here
April to October
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