Saint-Étienne-au-Mont

Saint-Étienne-au-Mont (Sant-Étienne-au-Mont; obsolete 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. Besides the main settlement Saint-Étienne-au-Mont, the commune consists of the two smaller settlements Pont-de-Briques and Écault.

Geography
Saint-Étienne-au-Mont is a small farming and light industrial town situated some 3 mi south of Boulogne, at the junction of the D52 and D940 roads. The Liane river flows from the north of the commune to the south-east. Beyond Écault lies the English Channel (in the west).

Places of interest



 * The church of Sainte-Thérèse, a nineteenth century church.
 * The St. Etienne-au-Mont Communal Cemetery (including the Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery) created during World War I for men of the Chinese Labour Corps and of the South African Native Labour Corps.
 * The sand dunes along the beach and Aréna (a centre in Écault dedicated to the world of dunes).
 * The Château d'Audisque, dating from the eighteenth century and a registered monument.
 * The Pont-de-Briques, a bridge across the Liane
 * The view from the Chapelle d'Écault (the church is also known as l'Église de Saint-Étienne and dates from the twelfth century)

Hiking
To get a good idea of the area you can walk the  Sentier de la Converserie. The name is derived from the Converserie, a building on the site of a former leper colony. It encompasses Le Chemin des Juifs and passes Aréna and the Château d'Hardelot (now the Centre Franco-brittanique de l'Entente Cordiale ) as well as the local cemetery (which contains de CWGC cemetery).