Casemate d’Héronfontaine
Casemate d’Héronfontaine is a bunker in Mairieux, Arrondissement of Avesnes-sur-Helpe, Hauts-de-France. Casemate d’Héronfontaine is situated nearby to the fort Ouvrage d’Héronfontaine, as well as near the village Feignies.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ouvrage Les Sarts and Église Saint-Nicolas de Bettignies.
Ouvrage Les Sarts
Fort
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Ouvrage Les Sarts is a petit ouvrage of the Maginot Line, built as part of the "New Fronts" program to address shortcomings in the Line's coverage of the border with Belgium. Ouvrage Les Sarts is situated 1 km east of Casemate d’Héronfontaine.
Église Saint-Nicolas de Bettignies
Church
Photo: Havang(nl), CC0.
Église Saint-Nicolas de Bettignies is a church, which is situated 2½ km northeast of Casemate d’Héronfontaine.
Église Saint-André de Mairieux
Church
Photo: Havang(nl), CC0.
Église Saint-André de Mairieux is a church, which is situated 2½ km east of Casemate d’Héronfontaine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Feignies and Neuf-Mesnil.
Feignies
Village
Photo: Budotradan, Public domain.
Feignies is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Feignies is twinned with the English village of Keyworth. Feignies is situated 4 km southwest of Casemate d’Héronfontaine.
Neuf-Mesnil
Village
Photo: Havang(nl), CC0.
Neuf-Mesnil is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Neuf-Mesnil is situated 7 km southwest of Casemate d’Héronfontaine.
Hautmont
Town
Photo: Chatsam, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hautmont is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is 5 km southwest of the centre of Maubeuge, and has 14,500 residents. On 3 August 2008 a narrow but strong F4 tornado swept through the town, as well as Maubeuge, Neuf-Mesnil and Boussières-sur-Sambre damaging hundreds of buildings, forty of which collapsed. Hautmont is situated 8 km south of Casemate d’Héronfontaine.
Casemate d’Héronfontaine
- Type: Bunker
- Categories: building, historic site, and military installation
- Location: Mairieux, Arrondissement of Avesnes-sur-Helpe, North, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
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Latitude
50.31679° or 50° 19′ 1″ northLongitude
3.95745° or 3° 57′ 27″ eastInception
1937Open location code
9F258X84+PXOpenStreetMap ID
node 13453345753OpenStreetMap feature
building=bunkerOpenStreetMap feature
historic=bunkerOpenStreetMap feature
military=bunker
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