Saint-Étienne-au-Mont
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| Saint-Étienne-au-Mont Sint-Stevens Bergen | |
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| Commune | |
 The route to Ecault beach | |
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Location of Saint-Étienne-au-Mont
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| Coordinates: 50°40′56″N 1°37′37″E / 50.6822°N 1.6269°E / 50.6822; 1.6269 | |
| 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 |
| Area1 | 14.05 km2 (5.42 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | 5,072 |
| • Density | 360/km2 (930/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. | |
Saint-Étienne-au-Mont (French pronunciation: ; Picard: Sant-Étienne-au-Mont; obsolete Dutch: Sint-Stevensbergen, lit. 'St. Stephen's Mountains') 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).
Panorama from Mount Ecault and in the distance, the English Channel.
Population
Places of interest
Aréna, Centre des Dunes
Chapelle d'Écault
Ecault Dunes
- The church of Sainte-Thérèse, a nineteenth century church.
- The St. Etienne-au-Mont Communal Cemetery (including the Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery) 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 d'Audisque, dating from the eighteenth century and a registered monument.
- 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)
Hiking
To get a good idea of the area you can walk the Sentier de la Converserie. The name is derived from the Converserie, a building on the site of a former leper colony. It encompasses Le Chemin des Juifs and passes Aréna and the Château d'Hardelot (now the Centre Franco-brittanique de l'Entente Cordiale) as well as the local cemetery (which contains de CWGC cemetery).
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Base Mérimée: Eglise paroissiale Sainte-Thérèse, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ The CWGC cemetery at St. Etienne-au-Mont
- ^ Base Mérimée: Château d'Audisque, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ 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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saint-Étienne-au-Mont.
- Official town website (in French)
- The St. Etienne-au-Mont Communal Cemetery on the website "Remembrance Trails of the Great War in Northern France"
- ARENA - Centre d'interprétation de l'environnement (in French)
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