Blockhaus d’Éperlecques
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.
- Bunker
- …stands 28 metres (92 feet) tall
- Description: Second World War bunker complex in the Pas-de-Calais department of northern France, built by Nazi Germany between March 1943 and July 1944 to serve as a launch base for V-2 rockets directed against London and southern England
- Address: Rue des Sarts, Éperlecques, 62910
- Also known as“Blockhaus d’Éperlecques - KNW -”“Kraftwerk Nord West”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gare de Watten - Éperlecques and Eglise Saint-Gilles.
Gare de Watten - Éperlecques
Railway station
Gare de Watten - Éperlecques is a railway station, which is situated 1½ km east of Blockhaus d’Éperlecques.
Eglise Saint-Gilles
Church
Eglise Saint-Gilles is a church, which is situated 2 km east of Blockhaus d’Éperlecques.
Église Saint-Michel d’Holque
Church
Église Saint-Michel d’Holque is a church, which is situated 3 km northeast of Blockhaus d’Éperlecques.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint-Omer.
Saint-Omer
Town
Saint-Omer is a commune and sub-prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department in France. Saint-Omer is situated 10 km southeast of Blockhaus d’Éperlecques.
Blockhaus d’Éperlecques
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- Location
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Latitude
50.8288° or 50° 49′ 44″ north
Longitude
2.18379° or 2° 11′ 2″ east
Open location code
9F24R5HM+GG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=bunker
OpenStreetMap feature
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military=bunker
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Blockhaus d’Éperlecques” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بلوكهاوس إيبرليك”
- Chinese: “埃佩爾萊克地堡”
- Czech: “Blockhaus d’Éperlecques”
- Czech: “Bunkr ve Wattenu”
- Dutch: “Blockhaus van Éperlecques”
- Dutch: “Blockhaus van Sperleke”
- Dutch: “Blockhaus van Waten”
- Dutch: “Bunker van Waten”
- Dutch: “Kraftwerk Nord West”
- French: “blockhaus d’Éperlecques”
- French: “Blockhaus d’Éperlecques”
- French: “Kraftwerk Nord West”
- German: “Blockhaus d’Éperlecques”
- German: “Blockhaus von Éperlecques”
- German: “Kraftwerk Nord West”
- Irish: “Blockhaus d’Éperlecques”
- Japanese: “ウトン・ブンカー”
- Picard: “Bunker d’Ésparleke”
- Picard: “Bunker d’Éspérlecque”
- Portuguese: “Blockhaus d’Éperlecques”
- Portuguese: “Kraftwerk Nord West”
- Russian: “Блокгауз (Эперлек)”
- Russian: “Бункер Эперлек”
- Spanish: “Blockhaus d’Eperlecques”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Train à voie Décauville and V2.
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