Saint-Amand-les-Eaux
A walkable town on the river Scarpe in northern France's Nord department, Saint-Amand-les-Eaux has a centre with a real café and restaurant scene and sits on what was historically the eastern boundary of French Flanders. The abbey founded here in the 630s by Saint Amand stood until 1789, giving the town its name and a long ecclesiastical history.
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- Population17,808
- Nearest water from center 0.5 km0.3 mi
- Nearest mountain from center 11 km7.1 mi
Nearest airports
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Saint-Amand-les-Eaux: quick answers
Where is Saint-Amand-les-Eaux?
Saint-Amand-les-Eaux is in Nord, France, about 12 km7.4 miles in a straight line from Valenciennes.
How do you get to Saint-Amand-les-Eaux?
The nearest airport is Lesquin (LIL), about 39 min away by road. The nearest train station is Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, about 3 min away by road.
What's the weather like in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux?
The warmest month is July, averaging 19°C65°F across day and night; the coolest is January, at 4°C39°F. The wettest month is December, with about 79 mm3.1 in of precipitation. (Monthly averages, 1991–2020.)
What's in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux?
OpenStreetMap lists 3 museums, 15 restaurants, 5 cafés and 7 places of worship within 2 km of the centre.
What's near Saint-Amand-les-Eaux?
Other Wandering Well picks within 60 km include Hénin-Beaumont, Béthune and Comines-Warneton - Komen-Waasten. Saint-Amand-les-Eaux is listed among the day trips from Paris.