Boulonnais (land area)

The Boulonnais (French pronunciation: [bu.lɔ.nɛ]) is a coastal area of northern France,[1] around Calais and Boulogne-sur-Mer. It has a curved belt of chalk downs which run into the sea at both ends, and geologically is the east end of the Weald-Artois Anticline.[2]

Carte de la Côte d'Opale
The Boulonnais region, on the Côte d'Opale around Boulogne-sur-Mer.

Administration

The Pays Boulonnais is subdivided into 3 intercommunalities: the Communauté d'agglomération du Boulonnais, the Communauté de communes de la Terre des Deux Caps & the Communauté de communes de Desvres - Samer.

Towns and villages of the Boulonnais
IntercommunalityCommunes
Communauté d'agglomération du BoulonnaisBaincthun, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Condette, Conteville-lès-Boulogne, Dannes, Echinghen, Equihen-Plage, Hesdigneul-les-Boulogne, Hesdin l'Abbé, Isques, La Capelle-les-Boulogne, Le Portel, Nesles, Neufchâtel-Hardelot, Outreau, Pernes-lez-Boulogne, Pittefaux, Saint-Etienne-au-Mont, Saint-Léonard, Saint-Martin-Boulogne, Wimereux, Wimille
Communauté de communes de la Terre des deux CapsAmbleteuse, Audembert, Audinghen, Audresselles, Bazinghen, Beuvrequen, Ferques, Hervelinghen, Landrethun-le-Nord, Leubringhen, Leulinghen-Bernes, Maninghen-Henne, Marquise, Offrethun, Réty
Communauté de communes de Desvres-SamerAlincthun, Bellebrune, Belle-et-Houllefort, Bournonville, Brunembert, Carly, Colembert, Courset, Crémarest, Desvres, Doudeauville, Halinghen, Henneveux, Lacres, Le Wast, Longfossé, Longueville, Lottinghen, Menneville, Nabringhen, Quesques, Questrecques, Saint-Martin-Choquel, Samer, Selles, Senlecques, Tingry, Verlincthun, Vieil-Moutier, Wierre-au-Bois, Wirwignes

See also
  • Wimille: The Column of the Grande Armée
    Wimille: The Column of the Grande Armée
  • Boulogne-sur-Mer: The Belfry, UNESCO World Heritage Site
    Boulogne-sur-Mer: The Belfry, UNESCO World Heritage Site
  • Boulogne-sur-Mer: Inside the basilica Notre Dame.
    Boulogne-sur-Mer: Inside the basilica Notre Dame.
  • Boulogne-sur-Mer: Basilica and Castle Museum.
    Boulogne-sur-Mer: Basilica and Castle Museum.
  • Boulogne-sur-Mer: around the fortifications.
    Boulogne-sur-Mer: around the fortifications.
  • Villa in Wimereux.
    Villa in Wimereux.
  • Villa in Wimereux.
    Villa in Wimereux.
  • Wimereux: looking north.
    Wimereux: looking north.
  • Le Portel: Notre Dame de Boulogne statue
    Le Portel: Notre Dame de Boulogne statue
  • Le Portel: beach with view on the Heurt Fort
    Le Portel: beach with view on the Heurt Fort
  • Hardelot Castle
    Hardelot Castle
  • Condette:Mirrors Lake, around the Hardelot Castle
    Condette:Mirrors Lake, around the Hardelot Castle

References
  1. Townson, W.G.; Wimbledon, W.A. (1979-01-01). "The Portlandian strata of the Bas Boulonnais, France". Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. 90 (1–2): 81–91. Bibcode:1979PrGA...90...81T. doi:10.1016/S0016-7878(79)80035-8. ISSN 0016-7878.
  2. Jones, David K. C. (1999-01-01). "On the uplift and denudation of the Weald". Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 162 (1): 25–43. Bibcode:1999GSLSP.162...25J. doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.162.01.03. ISSN 0305-8719. S2CID 128889275.


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