Vimy
in Pas-de-Calais of Hauts-de-France, France
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Lille-Lesquin Airport (18 mi) - Merville-Calonne Airport (19 mi)
- Albert-Bray Airport (28 mi)
- Valenciennes-Denain Airport (29 mi)
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Wevelgem Airport (35 mi) - Péronne-Saint-Quentin Airport (36 mi)
- Amiens-Glisy Airport (39 mi)
- Dunkerque les Moeres Airport (48 mi)
- Brussels Airport (82 mi)
- Charles de Gaulle International Airport (95 mi)
- Paris-Orly Airport (116 mi)
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Eindhoven Airport (134 mi) - Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (158 mi)
- Fortifications of Vauban (Unesco heritage, 7 mi)
- Belfries of Belgium and France (Unesco heritage, 23 mi)
- Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai (Unesco heritage, 30 mi)
- Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin (Unesco heritage, 33 mi)
- Amiens Cathedral (Unesco heritage, 40 mi)
- Major Mining Sites of Wallonia (Unesco heritage, 45 mi)
- Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons) (Unesco heritage, 52 mi)
- The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx (Hainaut) (Unesco heritage, 59 mi)
- Historic Centre of Brugge (Unesco heritage, 61 mi)
- Paris, Banks of the Seine (Unesco heritage, 107 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 50.372 and 2.810 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 50° 22' 20" and E 2° 48' 37"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Euro - EUR
- Spoken languages:
- French, Breton, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Occitan
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 08:27 AM (Saturday)
- Timezone: Europe/Paris
- UTC/GMT offset: 1 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 8:16 am and 4:53 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -44.033 and -176.367 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Ouwenga - References
- This place on Wikipedia
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to France.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning France. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Explore Vimy
Vimy in Pas-de-Calais (Hauts-de-France) with it's 4,797 inhabitants is located in France about 107 mi (or 172 km) north of Paris, the country's capital.
Local time in Vimy is now 08:27 AM (Saturday). The local timezone is named Europe / Paris with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 13 airports in the wider vicinity of Vimy, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in France is Lille-Lesquin Airport in a distance of 18 mi (or 29 km), North-East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in France is Fortifications of Vauban in a distance of 7 mi (or 11 km), South. If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Lens, Arras, Bethune, Douai and Lille. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 5°C / 41 °F
| Morning Temperature | 3°C / 37 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 6°C / 42 °F |
| Night Temperature | 9°C / 48 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 1% |
| Air Humidity | 72% |
| Air Pressure | 1015 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Fresh Breeze with 16 km/h (10 mph) from North |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Sunday, 24th of November 2024
15°C (60 °F)
15°C (60 °F)
Overcast clouds, strong breeze.
Monday, 25th of November 2024
12°C (54 °F)
8°C (47 °F)
Moderate rain, strong breeze, overcast clouds.
Tuesday, 26th of November 2024
10°C (50 °F)
9°C (48 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Hôtel Mercure Arras Centre Gare
Najeti Hôtel de l'Univers
Holiday Inn Express ARRAS
Hotel Bollaert
Campanile - Arras Saint-Nicolas
Le Manoir de Gavrelle
ibis Arras Centre Les Places
Hôtel Moderne
La Belle Etoile
Première Classe Arras – Saint-Laurent-Blangy – Parc Expo
Videos from this area
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Vimy Ridge - France, Canada 1080p50 Travel Channel
Vimy Ridge – France, Canada English: http://blog.myvideomedia.com/vimy-ridge-france-canada/ Deutsch: http://blog.myvideomedia.de/2014/10/vimy-erster-weltkrieg/ The battle of Vimy in World...
Timelapse - Tombée de la nuit
Vue sur l'agglomération Lens/Liévin Point de vue : Mémorial Canadien de Vimy 15/08/2014.
Vimy Ridge Monument....Arras, France...Canadian cemetary
One of several Canadian cemeteries at the Vimy Ridge Monument in Vimy, France. The sheer number of cemeteries is almost overwhelming really. It makes you proud to be Canadian, but I cant help...
Eleu Rando VTT septembre 2012 Dépassements en sous-bois single track Canyon
Parcours en sous-bois et single tracks avec dépassements le 9 septembre 2012.
Avion International Tornio Mens Open Group 2 - Adam Gittings Vs Czech Republic No 1
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Avion International Tornio Mens Open Last 32 - Adam Gittings Vs Czech Republic No 3
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Avion 29-01-2011
Bal organisé par les White Horses au centre culturel Fernand Léger d'Avion avec le groupe "les Kentucky" et leur nouvelle chanteuse.
Vimy Memorial - a 90 second meditation
Walking the WW1 trenches at Vimy Ridge in the Somme, 4th July 2010.
Walking the WW1 trenches at Vimy Ridge in the Somme, 4th July 2010.
Stéphane KUBIAK invite Lucy ADAM au bal polonais de Vimy -Tysiące Miast, Miliony Chwil
Quel bonheur d'écouter "Tysiące Miast, Miliony Chwil" , (Des milliers de villes, des millions de moments...) une merveilleuse chanson interprétée par le duo le plus connu de la POLONIA...
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Battle of Vimy Ridge
The Battle of Vimy Ridge was a military engagement fought primarily as part of the Battle of Arras, in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France, during the First World War. The main combatants were the Canadian Corps, of four divisions, against three divisions of the German Sixth Army. The battle, which took place from 9 to 12 April 1917, was part of the opening phase of the British-led Battle of Arras, a diversionary attack for the French Nivelle Offensive.
Canadian National Vimy Memorial
The Canadian National Vimy Memorial is a memorial site in France dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed during the First World War. It also serves as the place of commemoration for First World War Canadian soldiers killed or presumed dead in France who have no known grave.
Canton of Vimy
The Canton of Vimy is a canton in northern France, in the Pas-de-Calais département. Population: 21 607 (1999).
Zone rouge
The Zone rouge (French for "Red Zone") is the name given to about 1,200 square kilometres of land in northeastern France that was physically and environmentally destroyed during the First World War. Because of hundreds of thousands of human and animal corpses and millions of unexploded ordnance that contaminated the land, some activities in the area such as housing, farming or forestry, were temporarily or permanently forbidden after the war by French law.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Vimy.
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Vimy, فيمي, Вими, Vermy, Вімі, 维米
