Ouvrage d’Héronfontaine
Ouvrage d’Héronfontaine is a fort in Mairieux, Arrondissement of Avesnes-sur-Helpe, Hauts-de-France. Ouvrage d’Héronfontaine is situated nearby to the village Feignies, as well as near Neuf-Mesnil.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ouvrage Les Sarts and Église Saint-Nicolas de Bettignies.
Ouvrage Les Sarts
Fort
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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 Ouvrage 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 Ouvrage 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 Ouvrage d’Héronfontaine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Feignies and Neuf-Mesnil.
Feignies
Village
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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 Ouvrage 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 Ouvrage d’Héronfontaine.
Hautmont
Town
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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 Ouvrage d’Héronfontaine.
Ouvrage d’Héronfontaine
- Type: Fort
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Mairieux, Arrondissement of Avesnes-sur-Helpe, North, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
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Latitude
50.31656° or 50° 18′ 60″ northLongitude
3.95757° or 3° 57′ 27″ eastOpen location code
9F258X85+J2OpenStreetMap ID
node 13510882659OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fort
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