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Bolougne and Boulogne, France redirect here. For other places called Boulogne, see Boulogne (disambiguation)
Boulogne (disambiguation)

Boulogne is the name of several communes in France* Boulogne-Billancourt, suburb of Paris in the Hauts-de-Seine d?partement* Boulogne-sur-Mer, in the Pas-de-Calais of northern France...
.


Boulogne-sur-Mer (Bonen in Dutch) is a city in northern France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
. It is a sub-prefecture of the department of Pas-de-Calais
Pas-de-Calais

Pas-de-Calais is a Departments of France in northern France. Its name is the French language equivalent of the Strait of Dover, which it borders....
.

The population of the city was 44,859 in the 1999 census, whereas that of the whole metropolitan area was 135,116.

name Boulogne was first recorded during the Roman Empire
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
 as Bononia, a derivative of the Celtic
Celtic languages

The Celtic languages are descended from Proto-Celtic, or "Common Celtic", a branch of the greater Indo-European languages language family. The term "Celtic" was used to describe this language group by Edward Lhuyd in 1707, having much earlier been used by Greek and Roman writers to describe tribes in central Gaul....
 word bona (meaning "foundation", "settlement", "citadel").






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Bolougne and Boulogne, France redirect here. For other places called Boulogne, see Boulogne (disambiguation)
Boulogne (disambiguation)

Boulogne is the name of several communes in France* Boulogne-Billancourt, suburb of Paris in the Hauts-de-Seine d?partement* Boulogne-sur-Mer, in the Pas-de-Calais of northern France...
.


Boulogne-sur-Mer (Bonen in Dutch) is a city in northern France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
. It is a sub-prefecture of the department of Pas-de-Calais
Pas-de-Calais

Pas-de-Calais is a Departments of France in northern France. Its name is the French language equivalent of the Strait of Dover, which it borders....
.

The population of the city was 44,859 in the 1999 census, whereas that of the whole metropolitan area was 135,116.

Name

The name Boulogne was first recorded during the Roman Empire
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
 as Bononia, a derivative of the Celtic
Celtic languages

The Celtic languages are descended from Proto-Celtic, or "Common Celtic", a branch of the greater Indo-European languages language family. The term "Celtic" was used to describe this language group by Edward Lhuyd in 1707, having much earlier been used by Greek and Roman writers to describe tribes in central Gaul....
 word bona (meaning "foundation", "settlement", "citadel"). This derivation is also found in the name of the Italian city of Bologna
Bologna

Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, in the Po Valley , between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, exactly between the Reno River and the S?vena River....
.

History

Cathedral, Boulogne Sur Mer, France

Origin of the city

Originally named Gesoriacum and probably also to be identified with Portus Itius, by the 4th century Boulogne was known to the Romans
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
 as Bononia and served as the major port connecting the rest of the empire to Britain
Roman Britain

Roman Britain refers to those parts of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire between AD 43 and 410. The Romans referred to their province as Britannia....
. The emperor Claudius
Claudius

Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus or Claudius I was the fourth Roman Emperor, a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, ruling from January 24, AD 41 to his death in AD 54....
 used this town as his base for the Roman invasion of Britain
Roman conquest of Britain

By AD 43, the time of the main Roman invasion of Britain, Great Britain had already frequently been the target of invasions, planned and actual, by forces of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire....
, in AD 43, and until 296 it was the base of the Classis Britannica
Classis Britannica

The Classis Britannica was a provincial naval fleet of the Roman navy. Its purpose was to control the English Channel and the waters around the Roman province of Britannia....
.

Middle Ages

In the Middle Ages
Middle Ages

File:Karl 1 mit papst gelasius gregor1 sacramentar v karl d kahlen.jpgThe Middle Ages of European history are a period in history which lasted for roughly a millennium, commonly dated from the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century to the beginning of the Early Modern Period in the 16th century, marked by the division of Western Christi...
 it was the centre of a namesake county
Count of Boulogne

The county of Boulogne was a historical region in the Low Countries. It consisted of a part of the present-day France d?partement of the Nord , in parts of which there is still a Flemish-speaking minority....
. The area was fought over by the French and the English
English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England who speak English language in England. The English identity as a people is of early medieval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn....
. In 1550, The Peace of Boulogne
Peace of Boulogne

The Peace of Boulogne may refer to the* The 1550 treaty between England and Scotland to end the Rough Wooing.* The 1573 Edict of Boulogne...
 ended the war of England with Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
 and France. France bought back Boulogne for 400,000 crowns.

The Napoleonic period

In the 19th century the Cathedral of Notre Dame
Notre-Dame de Boulogne

Notre-Dame de Boulogne is a basilica located in Boulogne-sur-Mer in the Pas-de-Calais d?partement of northern France. The basilica was built between 1827 and 1875 on the site of Boulogne's medieval cathedral with its 101 metre high dome....
 was reconstructed by the priest
Priest

A priest or priestess is a person having the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities....
 Benoit Haffreingue
Benoit Haffreingue

Benoit Agathon Haffreingue was a France priest based in Boulogne-sur-Mer. He is known for having rebuilt the Notre-Dame de Boulogne in Boulogne-sur-Mer as a result of what he believed was a call from God....
 after he received a call from God to reconstruct the town's ruined basilica
Basilica

The Latin word basilica , was originally used to describe a ancient Rome public building , usually located in the Forum of a Roman town. In Hellenistic cities, public basilicas appeared in the 2nd century BC....
. During the Napoleonic Wars
Napoleonic Wars

The Napoleonic Wars were a series of conflicts involving Napoleon I of France First French Empire and changing sets of European allies and opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815....
, Napoleon amassed La Grande Armée
La Grande Armée

The Grande Arm?e first entered the annals of history when, in 1805, Napoleon I of France renamed the army that he had assembled on the French coast of the English Channel for the Napoleon's invasion of England of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland but failed at the Battle of Trafalgar and re-deployed it East to commence the Camp...
 in Boulogne to invade the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 in 1805. However, his plans were halted by other European matters and the supremacy of the Royal Navy
Royal Navy

The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British Armed Forces . From the mid-18th century until well into the 20th century, it was the most powerful navy in the world, playing a key part in establishing the British Empire as the dominant world power from 1815 until the early 1940s....
..

The two world wars

On June 15, 1944 297 aircraft (155 Lancasters, 130 Halifaxes, 12 Mosquitos) of the Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force is the United Kingdom's air force, the oldest independent air force in the world. Formed on 1 April 1918, the RAF has taken a significant role in British military history ever since, playing a large part in World War II and in more recent conflicts....
 bombed Boulogne harbour with the aim of suppressing German naval activity following D-Day
D-Day

D-Day is a term often used in military parlance to denote the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. "D-Day" often represents a variable , designating the day upon which some significant event will occur or has occurred; see Military designation of days and hours for similar terms....
. Some of the Lancasters carried Tallboy bomb
Tallboy bomb

The Tallboy was an earth quake bomb developed by Barnes Wallis and brought into operation by the British in 1944. It weighed five long tons and, carried by the Avro Lancaster bomber, was effective against hardened structures against which earlier, smaller bombs had proved ineffective....
s. As a result, the harbour and the surrounding area were completely destroyed. To replace the vanished urban infrastructure, affordable housing and public facility projects in functional, brutalist building style were carried out in the 1950s and 60s. The harbour therefore sometimes proves to be a disappointment to tourists looking for typical Northern French harbour sceneries.

Post war to present


Economy

Boulogne-sur-Mer is the most important fishing port in France. 7,000 inhabitants derive part or all of their livelihoods from fishing.

IFREMER (the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea) and the Pasteur Institute are located in Boulogne Port.

Certain brands, including Crown
Crown

Crown may refer to:...
 and Findus
Findus

Findus is a company that produces and retails frozen food. Its products include Crispy Pancakes , which were an innovative food product invented in the early 1970s....
, are based in Boulogne.

Media

  • Radio : Radio 6
    Radio 6

    Radio 6 may refer to:*BBC 6 Music, a BBC Radio station*Radio 6 , a Dutch Radio station...
    , France Bleu Nord, Virgin Radio Côte d'Opale.
  • Television : France 3 Côte d'Opale
  • Print : La Voix du Nord
    La Voix du Nord

    La Voix du Nord is a regional daily newspaper of the North of France. The paper sponsors the GP de Fourmies bicycle race....
     (édition de Boulogne sur Mer), La Semaine dans le Boulonnais, Touzazimut.
  • English language film :


Miscellaneous

Boulogne Beffroi
Opened in 1991, - The French National Sea Centre is a Science Centre entirely dedicated to the relationship between Mankind and the Sea. It houses Aquaria, exhibitions on the marine fauna, and the exploitation and management of marine resources (fisheries, aquaculture, coastal planning, maritime transport, exploitation of energies and mineral, tourism).

In the year 1905 the First Esperanto
Esperanto

is the most widely spoken constructed language international auxiliary language in the world. Its name derives from Doktoro Esperanto, the pseudonym under which L....
 Universal Congress
World Congress of Esperanto

The World Congress of Esperanto has the longest tradition among international Esperanto conventions, with an almost unbroken run of more than a hundred years....
 was held in Boulogne-sur-Mer. L. L. Zamenhof
L. L. Zamenhof

Ludwik Lazarz Zamenhof was an Ophthalmology, philologist, and the inventor of Esperanto, a constructed language designed for international communication....
, the creator of Esperanto, was among the attendees. In the year 2005 there was held a great anniversary meeting with more than 500 attendees.

Administration

  • Boulogne is the seat of the Communauté d'agglomération du Boulonnais
    Communauté d'agglomération du Boulonnais

    The Communaut? d'agglom?ration du Boulonnais, also called Boulogne C?te d'Opale, is a Communaut? d'agglom?ration in the Pas-de-Calais d?partement in France, in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais r?gion in France of northern France....


style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em"| List of Mayors
Duration Name Party Particularities
2008-2014 Frédéric Cuvillier
Frédéric Cuvillier

Fr?d?ric Cuvillier is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Pas-de-Calais department, and is a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche....
 		PS Deputy
2004-2008 Frédéric Cuvillier
Frédéric Cuvillier

Fr?d?ric Cuvillier is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Pas-de-Calais department, and is a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche....
 		PS Deputy
1996-2004 Guy Lengagne HI PS Deputy
1989-1996 Jean Muselet Conservative  
1977-1989 Guy Lengagne PS Deputy, Minister
1945-1977 Henri Henneguelle PS  
Past mayors are unknow.


Population





Transport


Road

  • Metropolitan bus services are operated by the TCRB
  • Coach services to Calais and Dunkerque
  • A16 motorway


Rail

  • The main railway station is Boulogne-Ville and located in the south of the city.
  • Boulogne-Tintelleries is used for regional transit. It is located near the University and the city center.


Water

  • The major port of Calais
    Calais

    Calais is a town in northern France in the Departments of France of Pas-de-Calais, of which it is a sub-prefecture. Although Calais is by far the largest city in Pas-de-Calais, the department's capital is its third-largest city of Arras....
     is only away and provides major connections to Dover
    Dover

    Dover is a town and major ferry port in the county of Kent, in South East England. It faces France across the narrowest part of the English Channel....
     in England
    England

    native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
    .


Education

Boulogne sur Mer is famous for hosting one of the oldest Universités de l'été - summer courses in French language and culture.

The Saint-Louis building of the University of the Côte d'Opale's Boulogne campus opened its doors in 1991, on the site of the former St. Louis hospital, the front entrance to which remains a predominant architectural feature. Its 6 major specialisms are Modern Languages, French Literature, Sport, Law, History and Economics. The University is situated in the town centre, about 5 minutes from the Boulogne Tintelleries train station.

University

  • Campus University of the Littoral Opal Coast
    University of the Littoral Opal Coast

    University of the Littoral Opal Coast is a French university, based in Dunkerque. It reports to the Academy of Lille and is a member of the ....
     (Saint-Louis, Grand-Rue and Capérure site), member of Université Lille Nord de France
    Université Lille Nord de France

    The University of Lille -Nord de France , located in Lille, France, is a center for higher education, academic research and doctoral studies located over multiple campuses in the Academie de Lille....
    .


Public primary and secondary

  • High Schools : Lycée Edouard Branly, Auguste Marriette, Giraux Sannier, Cazin (professional).
  • College : College Langevin, Angelier, Daunou.


Private primary and secondary

  • High schools : Lycée Nazareth, Haffreingue, Saint-Joseph (professional).
  • College : College Godefroy de Bouillon, Haffreingue, Nazareth, Saint-Joseph.xc


Entertainment

There is one theatre, the Théatre Monsigny and two cinemas.

Health

Two health centres are located in Boulogne. The public Hospital Duchenne and the private Clinique de la côte d'opale

Sports


Football

  • US Boulogne Côte d'Opale (Ligue 2
    Ligue 2

    Ligue 2 is the second division of France Football . It is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel, the other being Ligue 1, which is France's top division....
    )
  • Aiglons


Basketball

  • Stade Olympique Maritime Boulonnais (Nationale 1)
  • ESSM (Pro B) located in Le-Portel.


Others Sports

  • Aviron Boulonnais, produce many olympic medals for France


Culture

  • The castle-museum of Boulogne, in the fortified town, houses the most important exhibition of masks from Alsaka in the world, the second largest collection of Greek ceramics in France (after the Louvre), collections of Roman and medieval sculptures, paintings (15th-20th century), an Egyptian collection, African Arts etc. As these collections are exhibited in a medieval castle, one can also discover the Roman walls (in the underground) as well as rooms built in the 13th century (La Barbière, banqueting hall, chapel, covered parapet walk...)
  • La Casa San Martin is currently a museum where José de San Martin
    José de San Martín

    Jos? Francisco de San Mart?n Matorras, also known as Jos? de San Mart?n , was an Argentina general and the prime leader of the southern part of South America's successful struggle for independence from Spain....
     the leader of independence struggle in Argentina died in 1850, from 1930 to 1967 this house was the consulate of Argentina in France.
  • Nausicaä
    Nausicaä Centre National de la Mer (France)

    TRANSLATION IN PROGRESSNausica? Centre National de la Mer est un aquarium public situ? ? Boulogne-sur-Mer en France ; c'est l'un des plus grands aquariums publics d'Europe ....
    , the French national sealife center.


Food

  • La Matellote
  • Welsh Rarebit
  • Sandwich américain
  • Kipper
  • Le Hostellerie De le Rivere


Personalities


Born in Boulogne

  • Matilda of Boulogne
    Matilda of Boulogne

    Matilda I or Maud , was suo jure Count of Boulogne. She was also wife of Stephen of England and thus queen consort of Kingdom of England....
     (1105-1152), countess of Boulogne and queen of England
  • Frédéric Sauvage
    Frédéric Sauvage

    Fr?d?ric Sauvage was a France boat builder who carried out early tests of screw-type marine propellers. In a public demonstration with a small boat on January 15, 1832 in Honfleur he was able to show that a propeller is more efficient than the then standard paddle-wheels located on the sides of the boat....
     (1786-1857), engineer and inventor of the propeller
  • Pierre Claude François Daunou
    Pierre Claude François Daunou

    Pierre Claude Fran?ois Daunou was a France statesman and historian of the French Revolution and First French Empire....
     (1761-1840), politician and historian
    Historian

    A historian is an individual who studies and writes about history, and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, systematic narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all events in time....
  • Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve(1804-1869), literary critic and one of the major figures of French
    France

    France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
     literary history
  • Guillaume Duchenne
    Guillaume Duchenne

    Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne ? French neurologist who revived Luigi Galvani research and pioneered the science of muscular electrophysiology....
     (1806-1875), neurologist
  • Henri Malo, writer and historian
  • Alexandre Guilmant
    Alexandre Guilmant

    F?lix-Alexandre Guilmant was a France organist and composer.Alexandre Guilmant was born in Boulogne-sur-Mer. A student of his father, then of Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens, he became an organist and teacher in his place of birth....
     (1837-1911), organist/composer
  • Ernest Hamy (1842-1908), Anthropologist and French ethnologist, Doctor of Medicine of the faculty of Paris, professor of anthropology and founder of the natural Natural history museum of history and first manager of the Natural history museum of Natural History, loaded with numerous scientific missions abroad; the Dr Hamy brought back his trips of the numerous and important documents. Creator in 1880 of the museum of ethnography of Trocadéro (today, Musée de l'Homme, Trocadéro
    Trocadero

    The stylish connotations of the name "Trocadero" derive from the Battle of Trocadero in southern Spain, a citadel held by liberal Spanish forces that was taken by the French troops sent by Charles X, in 1823....
    , near the Eiffel Tower
    Eiffel Tower

    The Eiffel Tower is an Puddle iron tower built on the Champ de Mars beside the Seine River in Paris. The tower has become a global Cultural icon of France and is one of the most recognizable structures in the world....
    )
  • Auguste Mariette (1821-1881), scholar and archaeologist, one of the foremost Egyptologists of his generation, and the founder of the Egyptian Museum
    Egyptian Museum

    The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian Museums, in Cairo, Egypt, is home to the most extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities in the world....
     in Cairo
    Cairo

    Cairo , which means "the triumphant", is the Cairo and largest city of Egypt.It is the most populous metropolitan area in Egypt and is also one of the most populous in the world....
  • Benoît-Constant Coquelin
    Benoît-Constant Coquelin

    Beno?t-Constant Coquelin, known as Coquelin a?n?, was a France actor....
     (1841-1909), actor
  • Ernest Alexandre Honoré Coquelin
    Ernest Alexandre Honoré Coquelin

    Ernest Alexandre Honor? Coquelin was a France actor. Also called Coquelin cadet, to distinguish him from Beno?t-Constant Coquelin, he was born at Boulogne-sur-Mer, and entered the Conservatoire de Paris in 1864....
    , actor
  • David Early, M.B.E., (1921), radio ham
  • Mathieu
    Georges Mathieu

    Georges Mathieu is a French painter in the style of Tachism....
     (1921), famous painter, initiator of "lyrical abstraction" and informal art
  • Sophie Daumier
    Sophie Daumier

    Sophie Daumier , was a France film actress. She appeared in 28 films between 1956 in film and 1979 in film.She was born in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France and died in Paris, France....
     (born 1934), actress
  • Jean-Pierre Papin
    Jean-Pierre Papin

    Jean-Pierre Papin is a former France professional Association football player, 5 times Top French Division 1 scorer and French Player Of The Year in 1989 and 1991....
     (born 1963), footballer
  • Mickael Bourgain
    Mickael Bourgain

    Micka?l Bourgain is a French track cycling, who won a bronze medal in the men's team sprint race at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens together with Laurent Gan? and Arnaud Tournant....
     (born 1980), track cyclist
  • Franck Ribéry
    Franck Ribéry

    Franck Bilal Rib?ry is a French association football midfielder who plays for Fu?ball-Bundesliga club FC Bayern Munich....
     (born 1983), footballer


Others associated with Boulogne

  • Julius Caesar
    Julius Caesar

    'Gaius Julius Caesar' , July 13, 100 BC ? March 15, 44 BC,) was a Roman Republic military and political leader. He played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire....
    , as a proconsul
  • Niall of the Nine Hostages
    Niall of the Nine Hostages

    Niall No?g?allach , son of Eochaid Mugmed?n, was an Ireland king, the eponymous ancestor of the U? N?ill kindred who dominated Ireland from the 6th century to the 10th century....
  • Godfrey of Bouillon
    Godfrey of Bouillon

    Godfrey of Bouillon was a medieval knight who was one of the leaders of the First Crusade from 1096 until his death. He was the Lord of Bouillon, from which he took his byname, from 1076 and the Duke of Lower Lorraine from 1087....
    , count of Boulogne, leader of the First Crusade
    First Crusade

    The First Crusade was launched in 1095 by Pope Urban II with the primary goal of responding to the appeal from Byzantine Emperor Alexius I. The Emperor requested that western volunteers come to their aid and repel the Seljuk Turks in Anatolia, Modern day Turkey....
  • Blaise de Monluc, marshal of France
  • José de San Martín
    José de San Martín

    Jos? Francisco de San Mart?n Matorras, also known as Jos? de San Mart?n , was an Argentina general and the prime leader of the southern part of South America's successful struggle for independence from Spain....
    , Argentine commander who liberated Argentina, Chile, and Peru, lived for two years and died here in 1850; he is considered one of the two most important South American Heroes (along with Simon Bolivar
    Simón Bolívar

    Sim?n Jos? Antonio de la Sant?sima Trinidad Bol?var Palacios y Blanco ? more commonly known as Sim?n Bol?var ? was, together with the Argentina general Jos? de San Mart?n, one of the most important leaders of Spanish America's successful struggle for independence....
    )
  • Maurice Boitel
    Maurice Boitel

    Maurice Boitel , was a France Painting....
     (born 1919), painter
  • Constant Coquelin, actor
  • Jacques-Oudart Fourmentin aka "Le Baron Bucaille", corsair
  • Benoît-Agathon Haffreingue, priest and builder of Boulogne's cathedral
  • Olivier Latry
    Olivier Latry

    Olivier Latry was born in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France on February 22 1962 and is a French organist, improviser and Professor of Organ in the Conservatoire de Paris....
    , organist
  • John McCrae
    John McCrae

    Lieutenant Colonel John Alexander McCrae was a Canada poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during World War I and a surgeon during the battle of Ypres....
    , doctor, poet, author of "In Flanders Field"
  • Patrick Walsh
    Patrick Walsh

    Patrick Walsh was an United States politician and journalist.Walsh was born in Lismore, County Waterford, Ireland. With his parents he emigrated in 1852 to Charleston, South Carolina, where he was apprenticed to a printer....
     (1978), singer/songwriter


Twin towns

Boulogne-sur-Mer is twinned with:
  • Constanta
    Constanta

    Constanta is the oldest living city in Romania, founded around 600 BC. The city is located on the Black Sea coast. Constan?a is part of the group of four equal size cities which ranks after Bucharest, Romania's capital, Timisoara, Cluj-Napoca and Ia?i....
    , Romania
    Romania

    Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
  • Folkestone
    Folkestone

    Folkestone is the principal town in the Shepway District of Kent, England. Its original site lay in a stream valley in the cliffs here; and its subsequent development was through fishing and its proximity to the Europe as a landing place and trading port....
    , England
    England

    native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
    , United Kingdom
    United Kingdom

    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
  • La Plata
    La Plata

    La Plata is the capital city of the Provinces of Argentina of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, as well as of the departments of Argentina of La Plata Partido....
    , Argentina
    Argentina

    Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
  • Zweibrücken
    Zweibrücken

    Zweibr?cken is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the Schwarzbach river at the border of the Palatinate forest....
    , Germany
    Germany

    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
     - since 1959


See also

  • Château de Boulogne-sur-Mer
    Château de Boulogne-sur-Mer

    The Ch?teau de Boulogne-sur-Mer is a castle in the French seaport of Boulogne-sur-Mer, in the Pas-de-Calais D?partements of France. It houses the Boulogne museum....
  • Côte d'Opale
    Côte d'Opale

    C?te d'Opale is the France coast from Calais to Boulogne-sur-Mer. From the coast England is visible on clear days. The coast is known for its beautiful cliffs such as 'Cape Blanc Nez' and 'Cape Gris Nez'....
  • Siege of Boulogne
    Siege of Boulogne

    The Siege of Boulogne took place from 19 July to 18 September 1544, during King Henry VIII of England's second invasion of France. Henry was motivated by French aid to England's Scotland enemies....
  • Vieux-Boulogne
    Vieux-Boulogne

    Vieux-Boulogne is an unpasteurized, unpressed cow's-milk cheese made in the Pas-de-Calais d?partement in France around the town of Boulogne-sur-Mer in France....
  • Itius Portus
    Itius Portus

    Itius Portus or Portus Itius, an ancient Roman name for a port in Picardy, of unknown location. The main candidates are Wissant and Boulogne-sur-Mer#History, more usually called Gesoriacum, and later, Bononia....
  • Notre-Dame de Boulogne
    Notre-Dame de Boulogne

    Notre-Dame de Boulogne is a basilica located in Boulogne-sur-Mer in the Pas-de-Calais d?partement of northern France. The basilica was built between 1827 and 1875 on the site of Boulogne's medieval cathedral with its 101 metre high dome....
  • Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department


External links

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  • (in French)
  • (English guide and tourist map)
  • (in French and English)