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Canton Of Marquise
The canton of Marquise is a former canton situated in the department of the Pas-de-Calais and in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of northern France. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 21 communes, which joined the canton of Desvres in 2015. It had a total of 21,997 inhabitants (2012).Populations légales 2012: 62 Pas-de-Calais INSEE Geography The canton is organised around Marquise in the[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marquise, Pas-de-Calais
Marquise () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Marquise is a farming, quarrying and light industrial town, situated some northeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the D191, D231 and D238 roads. The river Slack flows through the commune, as does the A16 autoroute. Marquise-Rinxent station has rail connections to Calais and Boulogne-sur-Mer. History Part of the Flemish-speaking territory until 1346, Marquise became an English county under King Edward III after the battle of Crécy and the hexagonal bell-tower goes back to the English period. In 1420, in the suburbs of Marquise, at Leulinghen, the church of which was divided by the French-English border, King Henry V married Catherine of Valois, daughter of Charles VI of France. Marquise received national media attention in autumn 2006 when the local gendarmerie retrieved a famous painting by Maurice Boitel, stolen forty years before and taken out of France.info.f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beuvrequen
Beuvrequen (; pcd, Beuverguin; vls, Beuverken) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France. Geography A farming commune, some northeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the D241 and the D241e roads, by the banks of the river Slack. The A16 autoroute passes through the commune, forming its southeastern border. Population Sights * The windmill de René. * The church of St. Maxime, dating from the sixteenth century. See also *Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department The following is a list of the 890 communes of the Pas-de-Calais department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Pas-de-Calais {{PasdeCalais-geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wissant
Wissant (; from nl, Witzand, lang, “white sand”) is a seaside commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Wissant is a fishing port and farming village located approximately north of Boulogne, west-southwest of Calais, southeast of Dover, west-southwest of Dunkirk, from the Belgian coast, north of Le Havre, northeast of Brest, and north of Paris, at the junction of the D238 and the D940 roads, on the English Channel coast. History Located at the eastern end of a lagoon formed by a storm-breach of the coastal dunes, probably in the mid-10th century, Wissant has been a fishing village for a millennium: along with Audresselles it is the last fishing village in France to use a traditional method of fishing using a wooden boat called a '' flobart'' and was in the Middle Ages a major port for embarkation for England: In a mid-11th century ''Life of St. Vulganius'', Wissant was specified, probably anachronistically, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wierre-Effroy
Wierre-Effroy () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Wierre-Effroy is situated some northeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the D232 and D234 roads. Population Places of interest * The church of St.Pierre, dating from the twelfth century. * The church of St.Laurent at the hamlet of Hesdres, dating from the twelfth century. * A sixteenth-century fortified manorhouse. * A Battle of Britain pilot was shot down and crashed in a field near to the village. Time Team dug this site in 2000. See also *Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department The following is a list of the 890 communes of the Pas-de-Calais department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wacquinghen
Wacquinghen (; vls, Wakingem) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Wacquinghen is situated some north of Boulogne, at the junction of the D233e and D242e3 roads. The A16 autoroute The A16 autoroute – also known as ''L'Européenne'' and forming between Abbeville and Dunkirk a part of the larger ''Autoroute des estuaires'' – is a motorway in northern France. The motorway, which has a total length of , starts at a ju ... forms the western border of the commune. Population Places of interest * The church of St. Antoine, dating from the twentieth century. * An eighteenth-century chateau. See also * Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department References Communes of Pas-de-Calais {{PasdeCalais-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tardinghen
Tardinghen (; vls, Terdingem; pcd, Tardinghin) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Toponymy Common to many French locales especially in the north, the etymology of Tardinghen is ultimately based in Germanic language roots. Geography Tardinghen is situated some north of Boulogne, at the junction of the D249 and D940 roads, on Cape Gris-Nez. Parts of the coastline, forming the northern border of the commune, have receded inland at about per year. Population Places of interest * The church of St. Martin, dating from the eighteenth century. * An eighteenth-century manorhouse. * Vestiges of the Atlantic Wall. * Brasserie Artisanale des , local microbrewery. See also *Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department The following is a list of the 890 communes of the Pas-de-Calais department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Inglevert
Saint-Inglevert (; vls, Santingeveld) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Topnymy The etymology of Saint-Inglevert, first attested as ''Sontingeveld'' in 1140, is now generally agreed to derive from a Common Germanic anthroponym ''*Sondo'', followed by ''-ingen'' "people of" (see nearby e.g. Tardinghen) + ''-veld'' "field". The name was no longer understood sometime in the late Early Middle Ages, leading to a popular re-interpretation of the first syllable, ''"sant-ingheveld"''. This led to a folk etymology of prefixed ''saint'' (as is very common in toponymy across France), thus shaping ''Saint Inglevert''. Thus the meaning is, "the field of the people of ''Sondo''". Despite old local veneration, if there ever truly was a "Saint Inglevert" which perhaps influenced the name, the holy figure is unknown and lost to time. Geography Saint-Inglevert is situated some north of Boulogne, at the junction of the D244 road with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rinxent
Rinxent (; vls, Erningsem) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Rinxent is a farming and light industrial town, situated some northeast of Boulogne, on the D191 road. Population The inhabitants are called ''Rinxentois''. Places of interest * Two churches, both dating from the nineteenth century. * A nineteenth century Château. * Traces of an old castle. * A museum devoted to marble, quarried in the commune. See also *Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department The following is a list of the 890 communes of the Pas-de-Calais department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Official town web ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rety
Rety (; vls, Reetseke) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Rety is a farming and light industrial village comprising 15 hamlets and Rety itself. It is situated some northeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the D232, D243 and D127 roads, by the banks of the river Slack. Population Places of interest * The church of St. Martin, dating from the fifteenth century. * The nineteenth century Château d'Austruy. * Traces of an old castle. See also *Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department The following is a list of the 890 communes of the Pas-de-Calais department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Offrethun
Offrethun is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Offrethun is situated some northeast of Boulogne, on the D241e3 road. Population Places of interest * The church of St. Etienne, dating from the nineteenth century. * The eighteenth century manorhouse of Escault. * Vestiges (the motte) of an old castle. See also *Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department The following is a list of the 890 communes of the Pas-de-Calais department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Pas-de-Calais {{PasdeCalais-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maninghen-Henne
Maninghen-Henne () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Maninghen-Henne is situated some northeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the D242 and D233 roads. Population Places of interest * The church of St.Martin, dating from the nineteenth century. * A windmill. * Two 17th century farmhouses. See also *Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department The following is a list of the 890 communes of the Pas-de-Calais department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Maninghenhenne {{PasdeCalais-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leulinghen-Bernes
Leulinghen-Bernes (; nl, Leulingen; pcd, Leulinghin) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Leulinghen-Bernes is situated some northeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the D191 and D231 roads. The A16 autoroute cuts through the middle of the commune's territory. Population Places of interest * The church of St.Leger, dating from the fourteenth century. At the end of the XIV th century, The french-english border crossed the center of the church. There were two entrance doors: the northern one for the subject of the english king, and the south one for the subjects of the french king. See also *Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department The following is a list of the 890 communes of the Pas-de-Calais department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
