Saint-Étienne-au-Mont (; pcd, Sant-Étienne-au-Mont; obsolete nl, Sint-Stevensbergen, ) is a

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in the

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in the

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region of

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near

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. 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

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town situated some 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

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(in the west).

Population

Places of interest

* The church of Sainte-Thérèse, a nineteenth century church. * The St. Etienne-au-Mont Communal Cemetery (including the

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cemetery) created during World War I for men of the

Chinese Labour Corps The Chinese Labour Corps (CLC; french: Corps de Travailleurs Chinois; ) was a force of workers recruited by the British government in the First World War to free troops for front line duty by performing support work and manual labour. The French ...

and of the

South African Native Labour Corps The South African Native Labour Corps (SANLC) was a force of workers formed in 1916 in response to a British request for workers at French ports. About 25,000 South Africans joined the Corps. The SANLC was utilized in various menial noncombat tas ...

. * The

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s 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. * 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''. The name is derived from the ''Converserie'', a building on the site of a former

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. It encompasses ''Le Chemin des Juifs'' and passes ''Aréna'' and the Château d'Hardelot (now the Centre Franco-brittanique de l'

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The Château d'Hardelot website
/ref>) as well as the local cemetery (which contains de CWGC cemetery).

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