Saint-Étienne-au-Mont facts for kids

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.

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 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.

See also

In Spanish: Saint-Étienne-au-Mont para niños