Guînes
Guînes is a commune in the northern French department of Pas-de-Calais. Historically, it was spelt Guisnes. On 7 January 1785, Jean-Pierre Blanchard, a French pioneer in hydrogen-balloon flight, completed the first aerial crossing of the English Channel, landing in the woods south of Guînes, where a memorial column stands today.
- Village with 5,550 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 13 metres (43 feet)
- Description: commune in Pas-de-Calais, France
- Postal code: 62340
- Also known as“Giezene”“Guînes-en-Calaisis”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Église Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens de Guînes and Guines Communal Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fiennes and Coulogne.
Fiennes
Village
Fiennes is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Fiennes is situated 5 km southwest of Guînes.
Coulogne
Village
Coulogne is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department, region of Hauts-de-France, France. Coulogne is situated 6 km north of Guînes.
Pont d’Ardres
Hamlet
Pont d’Ardres is a hamlet, which is situated 7 km east of Guînes.
Guînes
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Latitude
50.86909° or 50° 52′ 9″ north
Longitude
1.87044° or 1° 52′ 14″ east
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Open location code
9F23VV9C+J5
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Guînes” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Guînes”
- Arabic: “جوينيس”
- Arabic: “غين”
- Aragonese: “Guînes”
- Arpitan: “Giezene”
- Arpitan: “Guînes”
- Asturian: “Guînes”
- Bambara: “Guînes”
- Basque: “Giezene”
- Basque: “Guînes”
- Bavarian: “Guînes”
- Breton: “Giezene”
- Breton: “Guînes”
- Cajun French: “Guînes”
- Catalan: “Giezene”
- Catalan: “Guînes”
- Cebuano: “Guînes”
- Chechen: “Гуьин”
- Chinese: “吉訥”
- Chinese: “吉讷”
- Corsican: “Giezene”
- Corsican: “Guînes”
- Croatian: “Guînes”
- Czech: “Guînes”
- Danish: “Guînes”
- Dimli (individual language): “Guînes”
- Dutch: “Giezene”
- Dutch: “Guines (gemeente)”
- Dutch: “Guines”
- Dutch: “Guînes”
- Dutch: “Guisnes”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جوينيس”
- Esperanto: “Giezene”
- Esperanto: “Guînes”
- Estonian: “Guînes”
- Faroese: “Guînes”
- Finnish: “Guînes”
- French: “Giezene”
- French: “Guînes”
- Friulian: “Guînes”
- Galician: “Giezene”
- Galician: “Guînes”
- German: “Giezene”
- German: “Guines”
- German: “Guînes”
- Greek: “Γκιν”
- Hungarian: “Guînes”
- Icelandic: “Guînes”
- Ido: “Guînes”
- Indonesian: “Guînes”
- Interlingua: “Guînes”
- Interlingue: “Guînes”
- Irish: “Giezene”
- Irish: “Guînes”
- Italian: “Giezene”
- Italian: “Guînes”
- Jamaican Creole English: “Guînes”
- Japanese: “ギーヌ”
- Japanese: “ギネ (フランス)”
- Jèrriais: “Guînes”
- Kabyle: “Guînes”
- Kalaallisut: “Guînes”
- Kazakh: “Guînes”
- Kazakh: “Gyuïn”
- Kazakh: “Гюин”
- Kazakh: “گيۋىين”
- Kongo: “Guînes”
- Kurdish: “Guînes”
- Ladin: “Guînes”
- Latin: “Guînes”
- Latvian: “Guînes”
- Ligurian: “Giezene”
- Ligurian: “Guînes”
- Limburgan: “Giezene”
- Limburgan: “Guînes”
- Lithuanian: “Guînes”
- Low German: “Giezene”
- Low German: “Guînes”
- Luxembourgish: “Guînes”
- Macedonian: “Гин”
- Mainfränkisch: “Guînes”
- Malagasy: “Guînes”
- Malay: “Guînes”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Guînes”
- Minangkabau: “Guînes”
- Neapolitan: “Guînes”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Guînes”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Guînes”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Giezene”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Guînes”
- Papiamento: “Guînes”
- Persian: “گین”
- Picard: “Guinne”
- Piemontese: “Giezene”
- Piemontese: “Guînes”
- Polish: “Guînes”
- Portuguese: “Guînes”
- Prussian: “Guînes”
- Romagnol: “Guînes”
- Romanian: “Guînes”
- Romansh: “Guînes”
- Russian: “Гин”
- Sardinian: “Giezene”
- Sardinian: “Guînes”
- Scots: “Guînes”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Guînes”
- Serbian: “Gin”
- Serbian: “Guînes”
- Serbian: “Гин”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Guînes”
- Sicilian: “Giezene”
- Sicilian: “Guînes”
- Slovak: “Guînes”
- Spanish: “Guines”
- Spanish: “Guînes”
- Swahili: “Guînes”
- Swedish: “Guînes”
- Swiss German: “Guînes”
- Tatar: “Гюин”
- Turkish: “Guînes”
- Ukrainian: “Ґін”
- Ukrainian: “Гюїн”
- Ukrainian: “Ґюїн”
- Urdu: “گینز”
- Venetian: “Giezene”
- Venetian: “Guînes”
- Vietnamese: “Guînes”
- Vlaams: “Guînes”
- Volapük: “Guînes”
- Walloon: “Guînes”
- Waray (Philippines): “Guînes”
- Welsh: “Guînes”
- Wolof: “Guînes”
- Zulu: “Guînes”
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