Pernes-lès-Boulogne (, literally ''Pernes near

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department in the

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Geography

Pernes-lès-Boulogne is situated northeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the D233 and D233e roads.

Population

Transport

The Chemin de fer de Boulogne à Bonningues (CF de BB) opened a station at Pernes-lès-Boulogne on 22 April 1900. Passenger services were withdrawn on 31 December 1935. They were reinstated in November 1942. The CF de BB closed in 1948.

Places of interest

* The church of St. Esprit, dating from the nineteenth century. * The three 16th century

manorhouse A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were usually held the lord's manorial courts, communal mea ...

s of Senlecque, Godincthun and Huplandre.

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