Contents

Conteville-lès-Boulogne

Conteville-lès-Boulogne ’s-Gravenhoeve
Commune
The church of Conteville-lès-Boulogne
Coat of arms
Location of Conteville-lès-Boulogne
Conteville-lès-Boulogne Show map of France Conteville-lès-Boulogne Show map of Hauts-de-France
Coordinates: 50°44′44″N 1°43′57″E / 50.7456°N 1.7325°E / 50.7456; 1.7325
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Boulogne-sur-Mer-1
Intercommunality	CA du Boulonnais
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Renaud Taubregeas[1]
Area 1	2.1 km2 (0.8 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	521
• Density	250/km2 (640/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62237 /62126
Elevation	25–106 m (82–348 ft) (avg. 36 m or 118 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Conteville-lès-Boulogne (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃tvil lɛ bulɔɲ], literally Conteville near Boulogne; West Flemish: ’s-Gravenhoeve) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3]

Geography[edit]

A farming and forestry village, some 6 miles (9.7 km) northeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the D234 and the D233 roads. The huge 4,000 hectares (9,900 acres) forest of Boulogne forms the southernmost borders of the commune.

Population[edit]

Transport[edit]

The Chemin de fer de Boulogne à Bonningues (CF de BB) opened a station at Conteville-lès-Boulogne on 22 April 1900.^[5] Passenger services were withdrawn on 31 December 1935.^[6] They were reinstated in November 1942.^[7] The CF de BB closed in 1948.^[8]

Places of interest[edit]

• The church of St. Marie-Madeleine, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The eighteenth century chapel of Saint-Hubert.
• The seventeenth century manorhouse de la Motte.
• Remains of an old castle.

See also[edit]

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References[edit]

Sources[edit]

• Farebrother, Martin J B; Farebrother, Joan S (2008). Tortillards of Artois. Usk: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 978-0-85361-554-5.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Conteville-lès-Boulogne.

This Pas-de-Calais geographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.