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