Saint-Pol-sur-Mer travel guide
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Visit Saint-Pol-sur-Mer: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Pol-sur-Mer is situated in the Nord department (Nord-Pas-de-Calais region) in the north-east of France at 66 km from Lille, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Pol-sur-Mer is 241 km from Paris and 36 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Gravelines at 16 km from Saint-Pol-sur-Mer
Popular places to visit near Saint-Pol-sur-Mer: these include Gravelines at 16 km and Saint-Omer at 32 km.
Grande-Synthe is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 3km and Bergues is a listed 'recommended detour' at 9km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Saint-Pol-sur-Mer, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Pol-sur-Mer
See France This Way travel guides for and Nord-Pas-de-Calais (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Pol-sur-Mer.
Note that all distances from Saint-Pol-sur-Mer shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Pol-sur-Mer holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Pol-sur-Mer (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Nord gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Saint-Pol-sur-Mer and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La ferme du mont des Récollets (27km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Grande-Synthe (3km) : Loon-Plage (10km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Omer (32km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Bergues (9km) : Gravelines (16km) :
- Grand Site of France: Cap Blanc-Nez / Cap Gris-Nez (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Pol-sur-Mer & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Pol-sur-Mer
Canton: Dunkerque-Ouest
Arrondissement: Dunkerque
Department: Nord
Region: Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Postcode: 59430
Distance to Saint-Pol-sur-Mer
from Lille: 66 km
from Paris: 241 km
from Calais: 36 km
from Nice: 894 km
from Bordeaux: 722 km
from Strasbourg: 473 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Pol-sur-Mer): Armbouts-Cappel, Cappelle-la-Grande, Coudekerque, Coudekerque-Branche, Dunkerque, Fort-Mardyck and Grande-Synthe.
Getting here
For driving distances to Saint-Pol-sur-Mer from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Pol-sur-Mer