Équihen-Plage (; ) is a
commune in the
Pas-de-Calais
The Pas-de-Calais (, ' strait of Calais'; ; ) is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which it borders. It has the most communes of all the departments of France, with 890, and is the ...
department in the
Hauts-de-France
Hauts-de-France (; ; ), also referred to in English as Upper France, is the northernmost region of France, created by the territorial reform of French regions in 2014, from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. Its prefecture is Lille. ...
region of
France
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.
Geography
A fishing port and farming village situated some south of Boulogne, at the junction of the D236e and the D119 roads, on the
English Channel
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coast.
Population
Places of interest
* The church of St. Pierre, rebuilt after
World War II
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.
* A village that uses upcycled boats as the roofs of homes.
See also
*
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department
The following is a list of the 887 communes of the Pas-de-Calais department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):
References
External links
Official website of Equihen-plage
Tourism in Boulogne and the Boulonnais region
Equihenplage
Populated coastal places in France
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