Attraction · Sangatte · Pas-de-Calais

Cap Blanc-Nez

Look for Cap Blanc-Nez, an attraction, in Sangatte. Our list has one more place within 5 km. Add V3, 8.7 km away, to a visit.

Where

In Sangatte

inside the commune

How well known

Top 2%

#385 of 37,318 French places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Attraction in Sangatte

One of the best-known places to visit in France

#385 of the 37,318 museums, châteaux, gardens and other attractions we list in France, by how widely it is covered (15 Wikipedia and sister-site articles). About ↓

In Sangatte

Cap Blanc-Nez is in the commune of Sangatte, with 1 more place to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and Météo-France 1991–2020 normals.

When to go

Month by month in Sangatte

Afternoons in Sangatte peak at 19–22°C, June to September.

Jan8° / 3°60 mm

Feb8° / 3°47 mm

Mar11° / 4°40 mm

Apr14° / 6°38 mm

May17° / 9°50 mm

Jun19° / 11°52 mm

Jul22° / 14°55 mm

Aug22° / 14°67 mm

Sep20° / 11°63 mm

Oct16° / 9°91 mm

Nov11° / 6°92 mm

Dec8° / 3°83 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Sangatte, and rain in a month. Météo-France 1991–2020 normals from the Calais-Marck station, 11 km away. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Sangatte’s full climate →

About

Cap Blanc-Nez

There are Wikipedia articles on it in 15 languages.

Cap Blanc-Nez on Wikipedia ↗

Type: Attraction
Covered in: 15 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
Commune: Sangatte, Pas-de-Calais

Facts: Wikidata (CC0), OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) and the Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0).

The map

Orange marks Cap Blanc-Nez, and the numbered points match the list of places below.

Towns near it

Towns within reach of Cap Blanc-Nez

By population, Calais leads the 8 with 67,571. The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.

1 · It’s in this commune

Sangatte

4,668 people

2 · 6.4 km east of it

Coquelles

2,638 people

3 · 11 km east of it

Calais

67,571 people

4 · 12 km east of it

Coulogne

5,438 people

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Cap Blanc-Nez is	People
Sangatte	It’s in this commune	4,668
Coquelles	6.4 km east of it	2,638
Calais	11 km east of it	67,571
Coulogne	12 km east of it	5,438
Marquise	12 km south of it	5,217
Guînes	13 km southeast of it	5,479
Rinxent	14 km south of it	2,987
Marck	16 km east of it	10,467

Make a day of it

Pair Cap Blanc-Nez with these

There are 24 within 15 km, 3 museums, 2 forts and 2 attractions among them.

1FortFortV38.7 km south, in Landrethun-le-Nord 2AttractionAttractionCap Gris-Nez11 km southwest, in Audinghen 3MuseumMuseumForteresse de Mimoyecques8.8 km south, in Landrethun-le-Nord 4AttractionAttractionCitadelle de Calais9.8 km east, in Calais 5

MuseumCité internationale de la dentelle et de la mode de Calais11 km east, in Calais 6MuseumMuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Calais10 km east, in Calais 7FortFortBatterie Großer Kurfürst11 km southwest, in Audinghen 8AbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Léonard de Guînes13 km southeast, in Guînes

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Asked about Cap Blanc-Nez

Where is Cap Blanc-Nez?

Cap Blanc-Nez is in Sangatte, in Pas-de-Calais (Hauts-de-France).

What is Cap Blanc-Nez?

Cape in Pas-de-Calais, France.

How well known is Cap Blanc-Nez?

Cap Blanc-Nez has 15 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages: #385 of the 37,318 French places we list.

When is the best time to visit Cap Blanc-Nez?

June to September are the warmest months in Sangatte, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Météo-France 1991–2020 normals).

What else is there to see near Cap Blanc-Nez?

Within 15 km: V3 (8.7 km), Cap Gris-Nez (11 km), Forteresse de Mimoyecques (8.8 km) and Citadelle de Calais (9.8 km).

Sources: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0: what it is, its articles, how widely it is covered), the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0), IGN commune boundaries, Météo-France 1991–2020 normals (Licence Ouverte 2.0).

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (1)

Cité internationale de la dentelle et de la mode de Calais: Serge Ottaviani, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.