Wissant travel guide
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Visit Wissant: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Wissant is situated in the Pas-de-Calais department (Nord-Pas-de-Calais region) in the north of France at 103 km from Arras, the department capital. (General information: Wissant is 231 km from Paris and 16 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Boulogne-sur-Mer at 18 km from Wissant
Popular places to visit near Wissant: these include Boulogne-sur-Mer at 18 km and Le Touquet at 41 km. Cap Gris-Nez is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 5km and Cap Blanc-Nez / Cap Gris-Nez is a listed 'grand site of france' at 6km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Selected places to visit and attractions near Wissant, France
Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.
Things to see in Wissant and nearby
Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Wissant
- National Monuments: Column of the Grand Army (16km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Saulve (Montreuil-sur-Mer) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Boulogne-sur-Mer (18km) : Le Touquet (41km) : Loon-Plage (41km) : Saint-Josse (46km) : Montreuil-sur-Mer (47km) : Grande-Synthe (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Omer (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Gravelines (35km) : Montreuil (47km) :
- Grand Site of France: Cap Blanc-Nez / Cap Gris-Nez (6km) :
Map of places to visit near Wissant & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Wissant
Canton: Marquise
Arrondissement: Boulogne-sur-Mer
Department: Pas-de-Calais
Region: Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Postcode: 62179
Distance to Wissant
from Arras: 103 km
from Paris: 231 km
from Calais: 16 km
from Nice: 903 km
from Bordeaux: 692 km
from Strasbourg: 507 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
Other communes near Wissant (within 6 km): Audembert : Audinghen : Escalles : Hervelinghen : Leubringhen : Leulinghen-Bernes : Saint-Inglevert : Tardinghen :
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This page in French: Visitez Wissant