Boulogne-sur-Mer (fra)

Boulogne-sur-Mer

Boulogne-sur-Mer ranks 963rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Passaic, New Jersey, Bulgaria, and Yamaguchi Prefecture. Memorable people born in Boulogne-sur-Mer include Godfrey of Bouillon, Auguste Mariette, and Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve. Memorable people who died in Boulogne-sur-Mer include José de San Martín, Alain-René Lesage, and Smithson Tennant. Boulogne-sur-Mer has been the birth place of many politicians, and athletes and the death place of many writers, and military personnels. Boulogne-sur-Mer is located in France.

Boulogne-sur-Mer, often called just Boulogne, is a coastal city in Northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department of Pas-de-Calais. Boulogne lies on the Côte d'Opale, a touristic stretch of French coast on the English Channel between Calais and Normandy, and the most visited location in the region after the Lille conurbation. Boulogne is its department's second-largest city after Calais, and the 183rd-largest in France. It is also the country's largest fishing port, specialising in herring. Read more on Wikipedia