Étaples
Sign in to savethumb|295px|A satirical caricature of Napoleon's preparations for invasion by Robert Dighton, (1805) Étaples or Étaples-sur-Mer (; or ; formerly ; ) is a commune in the department of Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, northern France. It is a fishing and leisure port on the Canche river.
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Étaples is a town in northern France located in the Pas-de-Calais department, serving as a fishing and leisure port along the Canche river. The town is historically notable as a site of Napoleon's military preparations during the early 1800s, as evidenced by contemporary satirical depictions of his invasion plans.
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- Locality
- Étaples
- Region
- Hauts-de-France
- Country
- France
- Population
- 11,397
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15 sectionsContents
- History
- The Early-Medieval settlement
- The Middle Ages
- The Renaissance onwards
- The Napoleonic period
- The 19th century and the influence of the railway
- World War I
- World War II
- Demography
- Places of interest
- International relations
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
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thumb|295px|A satirical caricature of Napoleon's preparations for invasion by Robert Dighton, (1805) Étaples or Étaples-sur-Mer (; or ; formerly ; ) is a commune in the department of Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, northern France. It is a fishing and leisure port on the Canche river.
==History== Étaples takes its name from having been a medieval staple port (stapal in Old Dutch), from which word the Old French word Estaples derives. As a port it was part of the administrative and economic complex centred on Montreuil after access from the sea to that town was restricted by silting.