Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement of Boulogne-sur-Mer
Wimereux

Fort de la Crèche

The Fort of the Crèche is a coastal battery of the Séré de Rivières system, whose construction was completed in 1879. It is near , in the on the tip of Pointe de la Crèche.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: French coastal battery
  • Also known as: “Fort de la Creche”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Terlincthun British Cemetery and Column of the Grande Armée.

Cemetery
Photo: Mussklprozz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission military cemetery containing Commonwealth and German burials from the First and Second World Wars, located in the region of . is situated 1 km southeast of Fort de la Crèche.

Monument
Photo: Roger Davies, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a 53 metre high Corinthian order triumphal column on the Rue Napoleon in , near , France. is situated 1½ km southeast of Fort de la Crèche.

Railway stop
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Wimille–Wimereux is a railway station serving the communes of and , department, northern . It is on the Boulogne–Calais railway between and Boulogne and served by regional TER trains. is situated 2 km northeast of Fort de la Crèche.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Boulogne-sur-Mer and Saint-Martin-Boulogne.

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or Boulogne is a city and port in the Côte d'Opale region of . It is the second largest place on the Cote D'Opale after .

Town
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is a commune in the department in the region of . is situated 3½ km southeast of Fort de la Crèche.

Town
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is a commune in the department in the Hauts-de-France region of France west of Boulogne. The river Liane forms the eastern border of the commune with Boulogne. is situated 5 km south of Fort de la Crèche.

Fort de la Crèche

Latitude
50.74882° or 50° 44′ 56″ north
Longitude
1.60089° or 1° 36′ 3″ east
Elevation
66 metres (217 feet)
Operator
Association Fort de la Crèche
Open location code
9F23PJX2+G9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2575669945
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
3022635
Wiki­data ID
Q3078293
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to French—“Fort de la Crèche” goes by many names.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Fort de la Crèche”. Photo: Les Bergers des Pierres - Moselle Association, CC BY-SA 4.0.