Saint-Étienne-au-Mont
Encyclopedia
Saint-Étienne-au-Mont is a commune
in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
. Besides the main settlement Saint-Étienne-au-Mont, the commune consists of the two smaller settlements Pont-de-Briques and Écault.
town situated some 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Boulogne, at the junction of the D52 and D940 roads. The Liane river forms the north and eastern border of the commune, the English Channel
the western.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. 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 industrialLight industry
Light industry is usually less capital intensive than heavy industry, and is more consumer-oriented than business-oriented...
town situated some 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Boulogne, at the junction of the D52 and D940 roads. The Liane river forms the north and eastern border of the commune, the English Channel
English Channel
The English Channel , often referred to simply as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates southern England from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic. It is about long and varies in width from at its widest to in the Strait of Dover...
the western.
Population
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3423 | 4389 | 4301 | 4632 | 5037 | 4995 | 5112 |
| Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates | ||||||
Places of interest
- The church of St.Etienne, dating from the fifteenth century.
- The château d'Audisque, dating from the eighteenth century.
- The château des Lions, dating from the nineteenth century.
- The St. Etienne-au-Mont Communal Cemetery (Commonwealth War Graves CommissionCommonwealth War Graves CommissionThe Commonwealth War Graves Commission is an intergovernmental organisation of six independent member states whose principal function is to mark, record and maintain the graves, and places of commemoration, of Commonwealth of Nations military service members who died in the two World Wars...
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.