landmark
Rocroi
Perfect star-shaped bastioned town in the French Ardennes, laid out in 1555 and remodelled by Vauban, its five-pointed geometry of ramparts and radial streets still fully intact.
14 km · about 25 min drive
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Couvin
Wallonia, Belgium · Europe
About Couvin
Couvin is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Nismes, 38km from Citadelle de Dinant.
Couvin is in Wallonia, Belgium, with about 14,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Nismes, about 5 km away.
Couvin (French pronunciation: [kuvɛ̃] ; Walloon: Couvén) is a municipality and city of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium.
On 1 January 2018 the municipality had 13,782 inhabitants. Couvin is the second largest municipality of Belgium by surface area, after Tournai. The total area is 206.93 km2 (79.90Read more
sq mi), giving a population density of 67 inhabitants per square kilometre (170/sq mi).
The municipality consists of the following districts: Aublain, Boussu-en-Fagne, Brûly, Brûly-de-Pesche, Couvin, Cul-des-Sarts, Dailly, Frasnes-lez-Couvin, Gonrieux, Mariembourg, Pesche, Petigny, Petite-Chapelle, and Presgaux.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Couvin?
Within an hour or so of Couvin: Rocroi (14 km), Chimay Street Circuit (15 km), Belvédère de la Longue Roche (25 km), Citadelle de Dinant (38 km).
Are there any good drives near Couvin?
The nearest famous roads are Chimay Street Circuit, Baraque de Fraiture and Voie Sacrée.
Where is Couvin?
Couvin is in Wallonia, Belgium, about 5 km from Nismes.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 13,518
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Belgium
- Region
- Wallonia
- Timezone
- Europe/Brussels
- Coordinates
- 50.0528, 4.4950
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Worth the detour from Couvin
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
historic highway
Chimay Street Circuit
A 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.
15 km · about 30 min drive
photogenic
Belvédère de la Longue Roche
Quartzite ledge 140 m above Monthermé with the classic head-on view of the Meuse doubling back in a full horseshoe meander: the signature photograph of the French Ardennes, a short walk from roadside parking.
25 km · about 30 min drive
castle
Citadelle de Dinant
A cliff-top fortress towering over the Meuse and a riverfront of pastel houses below the bulbous onion-domed church.
38 km · about 45 min drive
castle
Citadel of Dinant
Clifftop fortress above the Meuse at Dinant, reached by 408 steps or a cable car, overlooking the river road.
38 km · about 45 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Tombeau du Géant
A famous Semois viewpoint where the river loops around a tree-covered ridge resembling a giant's tomb near Botassart.
47 km · about 55 min drive
landmark
Redu
Ardennes hamlet reborn in 1984 as Europe's second 'book town', its barns and cottages housing a dozen second-hand bookshops, binderies and galleries, with the Euro Space Center just across the motorway.
48 km · about 55 min drive
castle
Château de Bouillon
Godfrey of Bouillon's rambling medieval fortress sprawls over a rocky spur in a loop of the Semois in the Ardennes.
50 km · about 60 min drive
Driving roads near Couvin
4 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- Right hereChimay 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.
- 47 kmTombeau du GéantA famous Semois viewpoint where the river loops around a tree-covered ridge resembling a giant's tomb near Botassart.
Driving in Belgium
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.74/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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