ancient ruins
Villers Abbey
The vast romantic ruins of a 12th-century Cistercian abbey, roofless Gothic arches lost in woodland near Brussels.
10 km · about 20 min drive
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Mellet
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About Mellet
Mellet works well as a base: 5 minutes from Thiméon, 27km from Hallerbos.
Mellet is in Wallonia, Belgium, with about 2,600 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Thiméon, about 4 km away.
Mellet (Walloon: Melet or Melet-dlé-Gochliye; in Old French Meflet) (pronounced [məlɛ] by the inhabitants) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Les Bons Villers, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium, situated north of Charleroi.
The meaning of the name Mellet is uncertain, but it mayRead more
originate from the Old French meflet or meslet (the use of the long s explains the old spelling meflet). Other hypotheses suggest it comes from the Walloon mèsple (medlar tree), Old French melé (honey or yellowish), or Latin melum (apple). Today, the village is also nicknamed the "carrot village" (village des carottes) by surrounding communities due to its historically abundant carrot cultivation, a theme celebrated in local events.
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What is there to see near Mellet?
Within an hour or so of Mellet: Villers Abbey (10 km), Nivelles-Baulers (17 km), Lion's Mound Waterloo (20 km), Musée Hergé (21 km).
Are there any good drives near Mellet?
The nearest famous roads are Chimay Street Circuit, Baraque de Fraiture and Koninklijke Baan Coast Road.
Where is Mellet?
Mellet is in Wallonia, Belgium, about 4 km from Thiméon.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 2,631
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Belgium
- Region
- Wallonia
- Timezone
- Europe/Brussels
- Coordinates
- 50.5057, 4.4786
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Worth the detour from Mellet
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
racetrack
Nivelles-Baulers
A flat, fast circuit that hosted two Belgian Grands Prix in the 1970s before closing in 1981. Much of the abandoned track survives among industrial development, its wide sweeping curves clearly readable from ground level.
17 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
Lion's Mound Waterloo
A grass pyramid topped by a cast-iron lion marks the 1815 battlefield where Napoleon met his final defeat.
20 km · about 25 min drive
museum
Musée Hergé
Christian de Portzamparc's angular white museum in Louvain-la-Neuve devoted to Tintin's creator, holding original plates, sketches and the world's largest Hergé collection across eight themed galleries.
21 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
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.
23 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
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.
26 km · about 30 min drive
natural wonder
Hallerbos
The 'Blue Forest' near Halle carpets itself with millions of wild bluebells under beech trees each spring.
27 km · about 30 min drive
castle
Citadelle de Namur
One of Europe's mightiest hilltop fortresses guards the confluence of the Sambre and Meuse rivers in Wallonia's capital.
28 km · about 30 min drive
Driving roads near Mellet
4 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 51 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 Belgium
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.74/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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