Saint-Martin-Boulogne (; vls, Sint-Maarten bij Bonen) is a commune in the
Pas-de-Calais
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department
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Government and military
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in the
Hauts-de-France
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light industrial
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suburb east of Boulogne itself, at the junction of the N42 and D96 roads. Junctions 30 and 31 of the
A16 autoroute
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lie within the commune's borders.
Population
Places of interest
* The church of St.Martin, dating from the eighteenth century.
* The modern church of Sts.Bernadette and Yde.
* The Château de La Caucherie, dating from the nineteenth century.
* The Château du Denacre, dating from the eighteenth century.
* Three 17th century
farmhouse
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s and
manorhouse
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