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Boulogne-sur-Mer

French commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
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Summary

Boulogne-sur-Mer is a commune of France[1]. Boulogne-sur-Mer ranks in the top 0.15% of commune of france entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,698 views/month, #46 of 31,031).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Croix de guerre 1914–1918[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Pas-de-Calais[4], arrondissement of Boulogne-sur-Mer[5]
  • Country: France[6]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Liane[7]
  • Head of government: Frédéric Cuvillier[8]
  • Shares border with: Outreau[9], Le Portel[10], Saint-Martin-Boulogne[11], Wimereux[12], Wimille[13]
  • Flag: flag of Boulogne-sur-Mer[14]
  • Twinned administrative body: Folkestone[15], La Plata[16], Zweibrücken[17], Safi[18], Stralsund[19]
  • Postal code: 62200[20]
  • Commons category: Boulogne-sur-Mer[21]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[22], UTC+02:00[23]
  • Archives at: Archives municipales de Boulogne-sur-Mer[24]
  • Has part(s): Gesoriacum[25]
  • Significant event: Sieges of Boulogne[26], Siege of Boulogne[27]
  • Official website: https://www.ville-boulogne-sur-mer.fr/[28]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Boulogne-sur-Mer[29]
  • Commons gallery: Boulogne-sur-Mer[30]
  • Email address: mailto:mairie@ville-boulogne-sur-mer.fr[31]
  • Population: 42,537[32], 42,366[33], 42,293[34], 40,874[35], 40,664[36], 40,251[37], 40,588[38], 40,910[39], 41,039[40], 40,539[41]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Boulogne-sur-Mer[42]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Boulogne-sur-Mer[43]
  • Phone number: +33-3-21-87-80-80[44]
  • Described by source: Sytin Military Encyclopedia[45], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[46], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[47], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[48], Pauly–Wissowa[49], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[50], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[51], Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[52], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[53]
  • Capital of: canton of Boulogne-sur-Mer-Nord-Ouest[54], arrondissement of Boulogne-sur-Mer[55], canton of Boulogne-sur-Mer-Sud[56], canton of Boulogne-sur-Mer-Nord-Est[57], canton of Boulogne-sur-Mer-2[58], canton of Boulogne-sur-Mer-1[59]
  • Official name: Boulogne-sur-Mer[60]

Why It Matters

Boulogne-sur-Mer has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] Boulogne-sur-Mer is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]

FAQs

What awards did Boulogne-sur-Mer receive?

Honors received include Croix de guerre 1914–1918[3].

Related Entities

Alain-René Lesage Auguste Mariette Boulogne-sur-Mer Langues et Cultures Cecily Neville, Duchess of York Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve Constanța France Franck Ribéry Godfrey of Bouillon Jean-Pierre Papin John McCrae José de San Martín La Plata Le Portel Matilda of Boulogne Outreau Safi Saint-Martin-Boulogne Smithson Tennant Wimereux Wimille

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  18. [20] ↑ . dataset of postal codes in France. wikidata.org.
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  26. [28] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  29. [31] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Populations légales 2016. wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . Populations légales 2017. wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . Populations légales 2018. wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . Populations légales 2019. wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . Populations légales 2020. wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . Populations légales 2021. wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . Populations de référence 2022. wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . Populations de référence 2023. wikidata.org.
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  42. [44] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [61] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [62] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q28188
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  2. 13w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → boulogne-sur-mer
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