Saint-Étienne-au-Mont
Sint-Stevens Bergen
Commune
The route to Ecault beach
The route to Ecault beach
Coat of arms of Saint-Étienne-au-Mont
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Étienne-au-Mont
Saint-Étienne-au-Mont is located in France
Saint-Étienne-au-Mont
Saint-Étienne-au-Mont
Saint-Étienne-au-Mont is located in Hauts-de-France
Saint-Étienne-au-Mont
Saint-Étienne-au-Mont
Coordinates: 50°40′56″N 1°37′37″E / 50.6822°N 1.6269°E / 50.6822; 1.6269
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentPas-de-Calais
ArrondissementBoulogne-sur-Mer
CantonOutreau
IntercommunalityCA Boulonnais
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Brigitte Passebosc[1]
Area
1
14.05 km2 (5.42 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2021)[2]
5,072
 • Density360/km2 (930/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
62746 /62360
Elevation3–113 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: [sɛ̃t‿etjɛn‿o mɔ̃]; 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.[3] 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

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
19684,389—    
19754,301−0.29%
19824,632+1.06%
19905,037+1.05%
19994,995−0.09%
20075,068+0.18%
20125,097+0.11%
20175,076−0.08%
Source: INSEE[4]

Places of interest

Aréna, Centre des Dunes
Chapelle d'Écault
Ecault Dunes
  • The church of Sainte-Thérèse, a nineteenth century church.[5]
  • The St. Etienne-au-Mont Communal Cemetery (including the Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery)[6] 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.[7]
  • 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.[8] The name is derived from the Converserie, a building on the site of a former leper colony. It encompasses Le Chemin des Juifs[9] and passes Aréna and the Château d'Hardelot (now the Centre Franco-brittanique de l'Entente Cordiale[10]) as well as the local cemetery (which contains de CWGC cemetery).

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ↑ INSEE commune file
  4. ↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  5. ↑ Base Mérimée: Eglise paroissiale Sainte-Thérèse, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  6. ↑ The CWGC cemetery at St. Etienne-au-Mont
  7. ↑ Base Mérimée: Château d'Audisque, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  8. ↑ Leaflet describing the route on the Boulonnais website
  9. ↑ The Way of the Jews on the Saint-Etienne-au-Mont website
  10. ↑ The Château d'Hardelot website
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