Saint-Étienne-au-Mont
Saint-Étienne-au-Mont | ||
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Commune | ||
The route to Ecault beach | ||
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Saint-Étienne-au-Mont Location within Hauts-de-France region Saint-Étienne-au-Mont | ||
Coordinates: 50°40′56″N 1°37′37″E / 50.6822°N 1.6269°ECoordinates: 50°40′56″N 1°37′37″E / 50.6822°N 1.6269°E | ||
Country | France | |
Region | Hauts-de-France | |
Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
Arrondissement | Boulogne-sur-Mer | |
Canton | Outreau | |
Intercommunality | Communauté d'agglomération du Boulonnais | |
Government | ||
• Mayor (2012–2014) | Brigitte Passebosc | |
Area1 | 14.05 km2 (5.42 sq mi) | |
Population (2006)2 | 5,112 | |
• Density | 360/km2 (940/sq mi) | |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | |
INSEE/Postal code | 62746 /62360 | |
Elevation |
3–113 m (9.8–370.7 ft) (avg. 7 m or 23 ft) | |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
Saint-Étienne-au-Mont (English: Saint-Etienne-au-Mont, Dutch: Sint-Steven Berg) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France near Boulogne-sur-Mer. Besides the main settlement Saint-Étienne-au-Mont, the commune consists of the two smaller settlements Pont-de-Briques and Écault.
Geography
Saint-Étienne-au-Mont is a small farming and light industrial town situated some 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Boulogne, at the junction of the D52 and D940 roads. The Liane river flows from the north of the commune to the south-east. Beyond Écault lies the English Channel (in the west).
Population
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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3423 | 4389 | 4301 | 4632 | 5037 | 4995 | 5112 |
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates |
Places of interest
- The church of Saint-Léonard (in Saint-Léonard), a twelfth century church.
- The church of Sainte-Thérèse, a nineteenth century church.
- The St. Etienne-au-Mont Communal Cemetery (including the Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery)[1] created during World War I for men of the Chinese Labour Corps and of the South African Native Labour Corps.
- The sand dunes along the beach and Aréna (a centre in Écault dedicated to the world of dunes).
- The Château de Pont-de-Briques (in Saint-Léonard), a registered monument[2]
- The Château d’Hardelot in Condette,[3] a castle dating from the middle of the nineteenth century
- The Château d'Audisque, dating from the eighteenth century and a registered monument.[4]
- The Pont-de-Briques, a bridge across the Liane
- The view from the Chapelle d'Écault (the church is also known as l'Église de Saint-Étienne and dates from the twelfth century)
- The PGL Le Pré Catelan Adventure Center (an adventure center for primary schools[5]) in Neufchâtel-Hardelot.
Hiking
To get a good idea of the area you can walk the Sentier de la Converserie.[6] The name is derived from the Converserie, a building on the site of a former leper colony. It encompasses Le Chemin des Juifs[7] and passes Aréna and the Château d’Hardelot (now the Centre Franco-brittanique de l'Entente Cordiale[8]) as well as the local cemetery (which contains de CWGC cemetery).
See also
References
- ↑ The CWGC cemetery at St. Etienne-au-Mont
- ↑ Château de Pont-de-Briques in Base Merimee: IA00062560
- ↑ Château d’Hardelot in the Simple English Wikipedia
- ↑ Château d'Audisque in Base Merimee: IA00062536
- ↑ The PGL website
- ↑ Leaflet describing the route on the Boulonnais website
- ↑ The Way of the Jews on the Saint-Etienne-au-Mont website
- ↑ The Château d’Hardelot website
External links
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