Saint-Martin-Boulogne

Saint-Martin-Boulogne
Commune
The church of Saint-Martin-Boulogne

Coat of arms
Saint-Martin-Boulogne
Location within Hauts-de-France region
Saint-Martin-Boulogne
Coordinates: 50°43′36″N 1°37′58″E / 50.7267°N 1.6328°E / 50.7267; 1.6328Coordinates: 50°43′36″N 1°37′58″E / 50.7267°N 1.6328°E / 50.7267; 1.6328
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton Boulogne-sur-Mer-2
Intercommunality Communauté d'agglomération du Boulonnais
Government
 • Mayor (2010–2014) Christian Bally
Area1 13.15 km2 (5.08 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 11,710
 • Density 890/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 62758 /62280
Elevation 3–188 m (9.8–616.8 ft)
(avg. 80 m or 260 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-Martin-Boulogne is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

Saint-Martin-Boulogne is a farming and light industrial suburb east of Boulogne itself, at the junction of the N42 and D96 roads. Junctions 30 and 31 of the A16 autoroute lie within the commune’s borders.

Population

Population history
1962196819751982199019992006
10,87612,02012,34111,27111,05411,49911,710
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

  • The church of St.Martin, dating from the eighteenth century.
  • The modern church of Sts.Bernadette and Yde.
  • The Château de La Caucherie, dating from the nineteenth century.
  • The Château du Denacre, dating from the eighteenth century.
  • Three 17th century farmhouses and manorhouses.
  • A fifteenth century windmill and the ruins of a watermill.
  • The Meerut Military Cemetery (Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery).

See also

References

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