Vimy travel guide
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Visit Vimy: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Vimy is situated in the Pas-de-Calais department (Nord-Pas-de-Calais region) in the north of France at 9 km from Arras, the department capital. (General information: Vimy is 172 km from Paris and 93 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Arras at 11 km from Vimy
Popular places to visit near Vimy: these include Arras at 11 km and Lille at 34 km.
Arras is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 9km and Wattignies is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 29km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Vimy, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Vimy
See France This Way travel guides for Pas-de-Calais and Nord-Pas-de-Calais (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Vimy.
Note that all distances from Vimy shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Vimy holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Vimy (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 Pas-de-Calais 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 Vimy and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château de Sericourt (36km) : Le parc Barbieux (42km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Notre Dame de La Treille (Lille) (34km) : Eglise de Notre Dame de Vaucelles (Les Rues-des-Vignes) (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Arras (9km) : Wattignies (29km) : Mastaing (36km) : Wasquehal (40km) : Boubers-sur-Canche (42km) : Roubaix (44km) : Guyencourt-Saulcourt (46km) : Tourcoing (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Lille (34km) : Cambrai (38km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Vimy & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vimy
Canton: Vimy
Arrondissement: Arras
Department: Pas-de-Calais
Region: Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Postcode: 62580
Distance to Vimy
from Arras: 9 km
from Paris: 172 km
from Calais: 93 km
from Nice: 814 km
from Bordeaux: 666 km
from Strasbourg: 408 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 20 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Vimy): Acheville, Angres, Arleux-en-Gohelle, Avion, Bailleul-Sir-Berthoult, Ecurie, Eleu-Dit-Leauwette, Farbus, Fresnoy-en-Gohelle, Gavrelle, Givenchy-en-Gohelle, Lievin, Mericourt, Neuville-Saint-Vaast, Oppy, Roclincourt, Sallaumines, Souchez, Thelus and Willerval.
Getting here
For driving distances to Vimy from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Vimy