landmark
Vieux Lille
Lively old quarter of Flemish brick gables and grand squares, the cultural capital of the French north.
12 km · about 25 min drive
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Houplines
Hauts-de-France, France · Europe
About Houplines
Houplines works well as a base: 10 minutes from Ploegsteert, 51km from De Panne Beach.
Houplines is in Hauts-de-France, France, with about 8,100 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Ploegsteert, about 4 km away.
Houplines (French pronunciation: [uplin]; Dutch: Opline) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is part of the Métropole Européenne de Lille.
Adjoining the communal (village) cemetery is the Houplines Communal Cemetery Extension, a Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained cemetery containingRead more
the graves of 466 identified casualties, 465 of them Commonwealth servicemen who died in the area around the village during the First World War.
Houplines maintains a partnership arrangement with the German community of Kirchhundem.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Houplines?
Within an hour or so of Houplines: Vieux Lille (12 km), In Flanders Fields Museum (18 km), Menin Gate (18 km), In de Vrede (26 km).
Are there any good drives near Houplines?
The nearest famous roads are Koninklijke Baan Coast Road, Chimay Street Circuit and Brouwersdam.
Where is Houplines?
Houplines is in Hauts-de-France, France, about 4 km from Ploegsteert.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 8,119
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- France
- Region
- Hauts-de-France
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
- Coordinates
- 50.6950, 2.9152
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in France
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 Houplines
7 notable places within an hour's drive.
museum
In Flanders Fields Museum
Set in Ypres' rebuilt Cloth Hall, this museum tells the harrowing story of the WWI Western Front trenches.
18 km · about 20 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.
18 km · about 20 min 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.
26 km · about 30 min drive
museum
Louvre-Lens
A luminous glass-and-steel satellite of the Louvre rising from a former coal-mining town.
31 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Canadian National Vimy Memorial
Twin soaring pylons crown a WWI battlefield of preserved trenches and craters above the Douai plain.
37 km · about 40 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.
51 km · about 60 min drive
Driving roads near Houplines
3 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 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
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