museum
Louvre-Lens
A luminous glass-and-steel satellite of the Louvre rising from a former coal-mining town.
40 km · about 45 min drive
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Bouchain
Hauts-de-France, France · Europe
About Bouchain
Bouchain sits on the route: 10 minutes from Lourches, 40km from Louvre-Lens.
Bouchain is in Hauts-de-France, France, with about 4,400 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Lourches, about 4 km away.
Bouchain (French pronunciation: [buʃɛ̃] ; West Flemish: Boesem) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
It lies halfway between Cambrai and Valenciennes. Bouchain, seat of the early medieval County of Ostrevent, was taken by Arnulf I, Count of Flanders, in the 10th century and eventually subsumed intoRead more
the County of Hainaut.
During the War of the Spanish Succession, when the town was fortified, Bouchain was besieged twice. On 12 September 1711 it was seized from the French after a 34 day siege by the Grand Alliance led by the Duke of Marlborough. It was again besieged, and recaptured by French forces, on 19 October 1712 after an 18 day siege.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Bouchain?
Within an hour or so of Bouchain: Louvre-Lens (40 km), Canadian National Vimy Memorial (40 km), Vieux Lille (43 km), Thiepval Memorial (52 km).
Are there any good drives near Bouchain?
The nearest famous roads are Chimay Street Circuit and Koninklijke Baan Coast Road.
Where is Bouchain?
Bouchain is in Hauts-de-France, France, about 4 km from Lourches.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 4,377
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- France
- Region
- Hauts-de-France
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
- Coordinates
- 50.2852, 3.3149
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in France
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 Bouchain
5 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Canadian National Vimy Memorial
Twin soaring pylons crown a WWI battlefield of preserved trenches and craters above the Douai plain.
40 km · about 45 min drive
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Vieux Lille
Lively old quarter of Flemish brick gables and grand squares, the cultural capital of the French north.
43 km · about 50 min drive
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Thiepval Memorial
Lutyens' immense brick arch commemorates 72,000 missing of the Battle of the Somme.
52 km · about 60 min drive
landmark
Pairi Daiza
Belgium's most-visited attraction: a 75-hectare animal park built around a former Cistercian abbey in Hainaut, with full-scale Chinese, Indonesian and Middle Kingdom gardens housing giant pandas, gorillas and elephants.
52 km · about 60 min drive
Driving roads near Bouchain
2 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 73 kmChimay Street CircuitA Belgian village street circuit running since 1926, still used for historic car and motorcycle racing on closed public roads. Between meetings you can drive the whole flat-out 4km lap through farmland and the town outskirts.
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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