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Ambleteuse

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

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Place details

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

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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

Wikidata facts

Instance of: commune of France
Official name: Ambleteuse
Country: France
Located in: arrondissement of Boulogne-sur-Mer
Population: +2033
Area: +5.45
Elevation: +30
Shares border with: Bazinghen
Official website: www.ambleteuse.org
Image: Ambleteuse DSC 8515.JPG

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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.