Canadian National Vimy Memorial
The Canadian National Vimy Memorial is a war memorial site in France dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed during the First World War.Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 4.0.
- Type: Scenic viewpoint
- Description: memorial located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
- Also known as: “Vimy Memorial” and “Vimy Ridge Memorial”
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Moroccan Division Memorial and Canadian Cemetery No. 2.
Moroccan Division Memorial
Memorial
Photo: Labattblueboy, CC BY-SA 2.0 ca.
Moroccan Division Memorial is situated 320 metres west of Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
Canadian Cemetery No. 2
Cemetery
Photo: Labattblueboy, Public domain.
Canadian Cemetery No. 2 is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of World War I situated on the grounds of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial Park near the French town of Neuville-Saint-Vaast. Canadian Cemetery No. 2 is situated 790 metres west of Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: LimoWreck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of World War I situated on the grounds of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial Park near the French town of Neuville-Saint-Vaast. Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery is situated 780 metres southwest of Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Liévin and Avion.
Liévin
Town
Photo: JÄNNICK Jérémy, Public domain.
Liévin is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. The inhabitants are called Liévinois in French. Liévin is situated 5 km north of Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
Avion
Town
Photo: Maitre So, Public domain.
Avion is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Avion is situated 6 km northeast of Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
Lens
Photo: Dvillafruela, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lens is a city in Hauts-de-France, France. A former industrial city, its wealth was founded on textiles and coal mining. In 2009, the Louvre opened a branch in Lens, called - naturally enough - Louvre-Lens.
Canadian National Vimy Memorial
Latitude
50.37966° or 50° 22′ 47″ northLongitude
2.77405° or 2° 46′ 27″ eastElevation
145 metres (476 feet)Height
10 metres (33 feet)Open location code
9F249QHF+VJOpenStreetMap ID
way 117298239OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=viewpointOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q2561040
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In Other Languages
From Central Kurdish to Ukrainian—“Canadian National Vimy Memorial” goes by many names.
- Central Kurdish: “بیرەوەری ڤیمی نیشتمانی کەنەدیەکان”
- Chinese: “加拿大国家维米纪念碑”
- Chinese: “加拿大國家維米紀念碑”
- Dutch: “Canadian National Vimy Memorial”
- Dutch: “Vimy Memorial”
- French: “mémorial de Vimy”
- French: “Mémorial de Vimy”
- French: “mémorial national du Canada à Vimy”
- French: “Monument Commémoratif du Canada à Vimy”
- German: “Canadian National Vimy Memorial”
- Hungarian: “Vimyi kanadai nemzeti emlékmű”
- Japanese: “ヴィミー・メモリアル”
- Japanese: “カナダ国立ヴィミ記念墓地”
- Persian: “بنای یادبود ملی کانادایی ویمی”
- Polish: “Canadian National Vimy Memorial”
- Russian: “Вимийский мемориал”
- Russian: “Канадский национальный мемориал Вими”
- Spanish: “Memorial nacional canadiense de Vimy”
- Spanish: “Monumento conmemorativo nacional canadiense de Vimy”
- Ukrainian: “Вімійський меморіал”
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