Watten

Watten is a village in Watten, Arrondissement of Dunkirk, Hauts-de-France and has about 2,580 residents. Watten is situated nearby to the neighborhood Marais de la Vlotte, as well as near the village Holque.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Eglise Saint-Gilles and Gare de Watten - Éperlecques.

Eglise Saint-Gilles

Church

Photo: Bastien.pierre, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Eglise Saint-Gilles is a church.

Gare de Watten - Éperlecques

Railway station

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Gare de Watten - Éperlecques is a railway station.

Blockhaus d’Éperlecques

Bunker

Photo: Velvet, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Blockhaus d'Éperlecques is a Second World War bunker, now part of a museum, near Saint-Omer in the northern Pas-de-Calais département of France, and only some 14.4 kilometers north-northwest from the more developed La Coupole V-2 launch facility, in the same general area.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saint-Omer.

Saint-Omer

Town

Photo: JackyM59, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Saint-Omer is a commune and sub-prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department in France. It is 68 km west-northwest of Lille on the railway to Calais, and is located in the province of Artois. Saint-Omer is situated 9 km south of Watten.

Watten

Type: Village with 2,580 residents
Postal code: 59143
Category: locality
Location: Watten, Arrondissement of Dunkirk, North, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
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Latitude

50.8324° or 50° 49′ 57″ north

Longitude

2.21207° or 2° 12′ 43″ east

Population

2,580

Elevation

5 metres (16 feet)

United Nations Location Code

FR WTT

Open location code

9F24R6J6+XR

OpenStreetMap ID

node 26697571

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

2967426

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Russian—“Watten” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Waten”
Russian: “Ваттан”

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