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Vieux Lille
Lively old quarter of Flemish brick gables and grand squares, the cultural capital of the French north.
42 km · about 50 min drive
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Denain
Hauts-de-France, France · Europe
About Denain
Denain sits on the route: 5 minutes from Escaudain, 42km from Vieux Lille.
Denain is in Hauts-de-France, France, with about 21,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Escaudain, about 4 km away.
Denain (French pronunciation: [dənɛ̃] ; Picard: Dnain) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. As of 2023, the population of the commune was 20,665, on a land area of 11.52 km2 (4.448 sq mi).
It is the largest of 47 communes which comprise the Communauté d'agglomération de la Porte du Hainaut, which inRead more
2017 had a total population of 158,754.
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What is there to see near Denain?
Within an hour or so of Denain: Vieux Lille (42 km), Louvre-Lens (43 km), Canadian National Vimy Memorial (44 km), Pairi Daiza (45 km).
Are there any good drives near Denain?
The nearest famous roads are Chimay Street Circuit and Koninklijke Baan Coast Road.
Where is Denain?
Denain is in Hauts-de-France, France, about 4 km from Escaudain.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 21,412
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- France
- Region
- Hauts-de-France
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
- Coordinates
- 50.3293, 3.3943
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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 Denain
7 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Louvre-Lens
A luminous glass-and-steel satellite of the Louvre rising from a former coal-mining town.
43 km · about 50 min 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.
44 km · about 50 min drive
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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.
45 km · about 50 min drive
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Strépy-Thieu Boat Lift
A colossal 73 m boat elevator on the Canal du Centre, among the tallest in the world, hoisting entire barges in a concrete cathedral visible for miles across Hainaut.
53 km · about 60 min drive
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Canal du Centre Hydraulic Boat Lifts
Four UNESCO-listed 19th-century hydraulic boat lifts near La Louvière, still standing on the old Canal du Centre.
56 km · about 65 min drive
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Thiepval Memorial
Lutyens' immense brick arch commemorates 72,000 missing of the Battle of the Somme.
59 km · about 70 min drive
Driving roads near Denain
2 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 70 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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