Conteville-lès-Boulogne
Encyclopedia
Conteville-lès-Boulogne is a commune
in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
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Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Geography
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 4000 hectares (9,884.2 acre) forest of Boulogne forms the southernmost borders of the commune.Population
Places of interest
- 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.