Saint-Étienne-au-Mont

Not to be confused with Saint-Étienne-du-Mont.

Saint-Étienne-au-Mont (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿etjɛn o mɔ̃]; Picard: Sant-Étienne-au-Mont; obsolete Dutch: Sint-Stevensbergen, lit. 'St. Stephen's Mountains') is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France near Boulogne-sur-Mer.^[3]

Saint-Étienne-au-Mont Sint-Stevens Bergen
Commune
The route to Ecault beach
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Étienne-au-Mont
Saint-Étienne-au-Mont Show map of France Saint-Étienne-au-Mont Show map of Hauts-de-France
Coordinates: 50°40′56″N 1°37′37″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Outreau
Intercommunality	CA Boulonnais
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Brigitte Passebosc[1]
Area 1	14.05 km2 (5.42 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	5,051
• Density	360/km2 (930/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62746 /62360
Elevation	3–113 m (9.8–370.7 ft) (avg. 7 m or 23 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Saint-Étienne-au-Mont is about 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Boulogne. The Liane river flows from the north of the commune to the south-east. West of Écault is the English Channel.

Panorama from Mt Ecault with the English Channel.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	4,389	—
1975	4,301	−0.29%
1982	4,632	+1.06%
1990	5,037	+1.05%
1999	4,995	−0.09%
2007	5,068	+0.18%
2012	5,097	+0.11%
2017	5,076	−0.08%
Source: INSEE[4]

Places of interest

• The church of Sainte-Thérèse, a nineteenth century church.^[5]
• The St. Etienne-au-Mont Communal Cemetery (including the Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery)^[6] created during World War I for men of the Chinese Labour Corps and of the South African Native Labour Corps.^{[citation needed]}
• The Château d'Audisque, dating from the eighteenth century and a registered monument.^[7]

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department
• Chinese Labour Corps

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
5. Base Mérimée: Eglise paroissiale Sainte-Thérèse, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
6. The CWGC cemetery at St. Etienne-au-Mont
7. Base Mérimée: Château d'Audisque, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)

External links

• Official town website (in French)
• The St. Etienne-au-Mont Communal Cemetery on the website "Remembrance Trails of the Great War in Northern France"
• ARENA - Centre d'interprétation de l'environnement (in French)