Demarcation Stone No. 38
Western Front demarcation stones, known in French as bornes du Front or bornes Vauthier and in Dutch as demarcatiepalen, are monuments erected in France and Belgium to mark the limit of the German advance during the First World War.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Église Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul de Méteren and Musée Benoît-De-Puydt.
Église Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul de Méteren
Church
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Église Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul de Méteren is a church, which is situated 1¼ km west of Demarcation Stone No. 38.
Musée Benoît-De-Puydt
Museum
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Musée Benoît-De-Puydt is a museum, which is situated 2 km east of Demarcation Stone No. 38.
Meteren Military Cemetery
Cemetery
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Meteren Military Cemetery is situated 1½ km west of Demarcation Stone No. 38.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bailleul and Dranouter.
Bailleul
Town
Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bailleul is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is located in French Flanders, 3 km from the Belgian border and 26 km northwest of Lille.
Dranouter
Village
Photo: Pierre André Leclercq, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dranouter is a village and a deelgemeente in the municipality of Heuvelland in West Flanders, Belgium. Dranouter was an independent municipality before the 1977 local government reforms. Dranouter is situated 6 km northeast of Demarcation Stone No. 38.
Loker
Village
Loker is a small village in the Belgian province of West Flanders, and a part of the municipality of Heuvelland. For the major part of World War I, the city was controlled by the Allied Powers. Loker is situated 7 km northeast of Demarcation Stone No. 38.
Demarcation Stone No. 38
- Type: Memorial
- Category: historic site
- Location: Méteren, Arrondissement of Dunkirk, North, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
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Latitude
50.73937° or 50° 44′ 22″ northLongitude
2.70858° or 2° 42′ 31″ eastOpen location code
9F24PPQ5+PCOpenStreetMap ID
node 4252304890OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to French—“Demarcation Stone No. 38” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Demarcatiepaal nr. 38”
- French: “Borne Vauthier № 38”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Centre d’incendie et de secours de Bailleul-Méteren and H. Donatus.
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