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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 2.8098,Lat: 50.3751
Elevation	66 meter above sea level
Local time	21:36:05pm
Name province/region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Name Subregion	Pas-de-Calais
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Arras
Name	Vimy

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Farbus	2.3 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Thélus	2.4 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Willerval	3 km	SouthEast
4 Givenchy-en-Gohelle	3.5 km	NorthWest
5 Avion	4.1 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	121 km	EastNorthEast
2 Paris	France	173 km	SouthSouthWest
3 London	England	231 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 81 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Escaut / Schelde, part of the larger catchment area Scheldt (Brussels Area). The nearest bigger lake is Mare à Goriaux (0.8 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 43.4 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 36 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 50 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Les belvédères artésiens - Paysages des belvédères artésiens et des vaux de Scarpe et de Sensée

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Brussels Airport (at a distance of 132 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lille-Lesquin Airport (at a distance of 29 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.5 km2

5.7%

Nature

2.6 km2

3.3%

Agriculture

55.4 km2

70.5%

Urban area

14.5 km2

18.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vimy in country France

Vimy at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Belfries of Belgium and France	Belgium,France	37 km	SouthEast
2 Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai	Belgium	48 km	EastNorthEast
3 Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin	France	53 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Pelouses mtallicoles de la plaine de la Scarpe	FR	15 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vimy

Type of weather in Vimy	few clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.35 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 51 minutes
Sunrise :	06:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:11 Europe/Amsterdam