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Cassel

Hauts-de-France, France · Europe

About Cassel

Cassel is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Saint-Sylvestre-Cappel, 34km from De Panne Beach.

Cassel is in Hauts-de-France, France, with about 2,400 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Saint-Sylvestre-Cappel, about 6 km away.

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What is there to see near Cassel?

Within an hour or so of Cassel: In de Vrede (20 km), In Flanders Fields Museum (29 km), Menin Gate (29 km), De Panne Beach (34 km).

Are there any good drives near Cassel?

The nearest famous roads are Koninklijke Baan Coast Road and Brouwersdam.

Where is Cassel?

Cassel is in Hauts-de-France, France, about 6 km from Saint-Sylvestre-Cappel.

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Quick Information

Population
2,438
Continent
Europe
Country
France
Region
Hauts-de-France
Timezone
Europe/Paris
Coordinates
50.8011, 2.4853

Emergency & Services

Essential numbers in France

Police
17
Ambulance
15
Fire
18
All emergencies
112
Driving side
right

Carrying a warning triangle and hi-vis vest in your vehicle is mandatory. Motorway emergency phones connect to official breakdown services only.

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Worth the detour from Cassel

8 notable places within an hour's drive.

cafe

In de Vrede

The abbey café opposite Saint-Sixtus monastery in Westvleteren: effectively the only place on earth to reliably drink Westvleteren 12, long rated the world's best beer, at the source with a slab of abbey cheese.

20 km · about 25 min drive

museum

In Flanders Fields Museum

Set in Ypres' rebuilt Cloth Hall, this museum tells the harrowing story of the WWI Western Front trenches.

29 km · about 35 min drive

landmark

Menin Gate

A vast memorial arch bearing 54,000 names of the missing, where the Last Post sounds every evening at eight.

29 km · about 35 min drive

beach

De Panne Beach

Belgium's widest sandy beach, famous for land-yachting and bordering the wild Westhoek dunes near the French border.

34 km · about 40 min drive

landmark

Vieux Lille

Lively old quarter of Flemish brick gables and grand squares, the cultural capital of the French north.

44 km · about 50 min drive

museum

Louvre-Lens

A luminous glass-and-steel satellite of the Louvre rising from a former coal-mining town.

47 km · about 55 min drive

landmark

Canadian National Vimy Memorial

Twin soaring pylons crown a WWI battlefield of preserved trenches and craters above the Douai plain.

51 km · about 60 min drive

scenic viewpoint

Cap Blanc-Nez

Dazzling white chalk cliffs on the Opal Coast with views across the Channel to England on clear days.

56 km · about 65 min drive

Driving roads near Cassel

  • 56 kmCap Blanc-NezDazzling white chalk cliffs on the Opal Coast with views across the Channel to England on clear days.
  • 64 kmCap Gris-NezThe closest point in France to England, a windswept headland of cliffs, lighthouse and migrating birds.
  • 65 kmKoninklijke Baan Coast RoadThe N34 'Royal Road' hugs nearly the whole Belgian coast, sharing its corridor with the world's longest tram line and passing Belle Epoque De Haan, dunes and beach resorts.

Driving in France

Drives on
the right
Petrol
~€1.85/litre
Motorway tolls
~€10.00/100km

When to drive here

April to October

Nearby Destinations

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