Saint-Étienne-au-Mont
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.
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The route to Ecault beach | |
Coat of arms | |
Location of Saint-Étienne-au-Mont | |
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Coordinates: 50°40′56″N 1°37′37″E | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Pas-de-Calais |
Arrondissement | Boulogne-sur-Mer |
Canton | Outreau |
Intercommunality | CA Boulonnais |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Brigitte Passebosc |
Area 1 | 14.05 km2 (5.42 sq mi) |
Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 5,076 |
• Density | 360/km2 (940/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (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. |
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
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 4,389 | — |
1975 | 4,301 | −0.29% |
1982 | 4,632 | +1.06% |
1990 | 5,037 | +1.05% |
1999 | 4,995 | −0.09% |
2007 | 5,068 | +0.18% |
2012 | 5,097 | +0.11% |
2017 | 5,076 | −0.08% |
Source: INSEE[2] |
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)[3] 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[4]
- The Château d’Hardelot in Condette,[5] a castle dating from the middle of the nineteenth century
- The Château d'Audisque, dating from the eighteenth century and a registered monument.[6]
- 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[7]) in Neufchâtel-Hardelot.
Hiking
To get a good idea of the area you can walk the Sentier de la Converserie.[8] The name is derived from the Converserie, a building on the site of a former leper colony. It encompasses Le Chemin des Juifs[9] and passes Aréna and the Château d’Hardelot (now the Centre Franco-brittanique de l'Entente Cordiale[10]) as well as the local cemetery (which contains de CWGC cemetery).
References
- "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- 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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