Belle-et-Houllefort

Belle-et-Houllefort (; ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.

Geography

A farming and quarrying commune, some northeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the N42, D233 and the D238 roads and by the banks of the river Wimereux.

Population

Transport

The Chemin de fer de Boulogne à Bonningues (CF de BB) opened a station at Belle-et-Houllefort on 22 April 1900. Passenger services were withdrawn on 31 December 1935. They were reinstated in November 1942. The CF de BB closed in 1948.

Sights

• The ruins of a fortified house.
• The church at Belle, dating from the twelfth century.
• The church at Houllefort, dating from the seventeenth century.
• The sixteenth century manorhouse du Major.
• The Hôtel-de-ville, built in 1862.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

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