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Also known as Ambleteul

Ambleteuse (; ; Picard: Imbelteuse) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.

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Ambleteuse is a commune in France, situated in the Pas-de-Calais department within the Hauts-de-France region. It is located in the arrondissement of Boulogne-sur-Mer and the canton of Marquise, with an associated electoral district in the canton of Desvres. The town borders Audresselles, Marquise, Wimereux, and Wimille. Its official website is ambleteuse.org, and it maintains a twinning relationship with Elham.

The commune has an area of 5.45 square kilometers and a population of 2,033, comprising 912 males and 931 females. The postal code is 62164. Elevation data varies by source, with figures of 77, 40, and 28 meters above sea level. The local timezone is Europe/Paris.

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Place details

Locality
Ambleteuse
Region
Hauts-de-France
Country
France
Population
2,023
Timezone
Europe/Paris

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35US AQIGood
PM2.5
5.5 µg/m³
PM10
10.3 µg/m³
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Key facts

French commune.name
Ambleteuse
French commune.native name
Ambeltuwe
French commune.commune status
Commune
French commune.image
Fort Mahon 2.jpg
French commune.caption
Vauban's Fort Mahon and the river Slack in Ambleteuse
French commune.arrondissement
Boulogne-sur-Mer
French commune.canton
Desvres
French commune.INSEE
62025
French commune.postal code
62164
French commune.mayor
Stéphane Pinto
French commune.term
2021–2026
French commune.intercommunality
Terre des Deux Caps
French commune.elevation m
25
French commune.elevation min m
0
French commune.elevation max m
77
French commune.area km2
5.45

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Ambleteuse (; ; Picard: Imbelteuse) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.

==History== Ambleteuse began as a hamlet of a few huts in the middle of the dunes, from which the derisory name of “carcahuttes" (huts made from old-boat hulls) was once given to its inhabitants by their neighbors at Audresselles. The reason for its existence relates to the temporary needs of various invaders for conquering people from either side of the English Channel. Ambleteuse is one of the candidates for the harbour that Julius Caesar used to set out from for his invasion of Britain in 54 BC, though Boulogne-sur-Mer is the more usually accepted site.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ambleteuse” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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