Boulogne-sur-Mer facts for kids
Boulogne-sur-Mer is a commune. It is in Nord-Pas-de-Calais in the Pas-de-Calais department in the north of France. Boulogne-sur-Mer set its record high temperature (35.4°C or 95.7°F) in July 2015. The record had been 34.8°C in Aug. 11, 2003.
Images for kids
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Eustace II, Count of Boulogne, as shown on the Bayeux Tapestry.
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The Column of the Grande Armée commemorates Napoleon's gathering of 200,000 soldiers near Boulogne for a proposed invasion of the United Kingdom. His statue is at the top.
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A "special pass" issued for travel within Boulogne by the British Red Cross in May 1917, during World War I
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German invasion barges in Boulogne Harbour during the Battle of Britain in summer 1940
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Boulogne-born footballer Franck Ribéry.
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Baldwin I of Jerusalem, son and brother of Counts of Boulogne, ruled the Holy Land in the 11th century.
See also
In Spanish: Boulogne-sur-Mer para niños