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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pas-de-Calais

Population (2006)
  
5,112

Local time
  
Wednesday 3:54 AM

Region
  
Hauts-de-France

Canton
  
Samer

Area
  
14.05 km²

Arrondissement
  
Boulogne-sur-Mer

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Intercommunality
  
Communauté d'agglomération du Boulonnais

Weather
  
11°C, Wind SW at 23 km/h, 79% Humidity

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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Map of 62360 Saint-%C3%89tienne-au-Mont, France

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).

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) 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
  • The Château d’Hardelot in Condette, a castle dating from the middle of the nineteenth century
  • 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)
  • The PGL Le Pré Catelan Adventure Center (an adventure center for primary schools) in Neufchâtel-Hardelot.

    • 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).

    References

    Saint-Étienne-au-Mont Wikipedia
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