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

Fort Mahon

Fort Mahon is a sea fort by the commune of in the , northern France. The fort was built at the end of the 17th century by the military architect Vauban on the orders of Louis XIV to defend the port in the estuary of the .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Église Saint-Michel and Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste d’Audresselles.

Church
Photo: GFreihalter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church, which is situated 700 metres northeast of Fort Mahon.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 2 km north of Fort Mahon.

Cemetery
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is situated 3½ km south of Fort Mahon.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Audinghen and Cap Gris-Nez.

Village
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is a commune in the department in the region of . is situated 5 km north of Fort Mahon.

Locality
Photo: Milseburg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a cape located in , a commune in the département of northern . Part of the Côte d'Opale, it is classified as a protected natural area. is situated 7 km north of Fort Mahon.

Photo: Demeester, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 .

Fort Mahon

Latitude
50.8054° or 50° 48′ 20″ north
Longitude
1.60053° or 1° 36′ 2″ east
Inception
1699
Open location code
9F23RJ42+56
Open­Street­Map ID
way 245073511
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Geo­Names ID
12626044
Wiki­data ID
Q2612774
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Picard—“Fort Mahon” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Fort Mahon”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “حصن ماهون”
  • French: “Fort d’Ambleteuse”
  • French: “fort Mahon”
  • French: “Fort Vauban”
  • German: “Fort Mahon”
  • Japanese: “マオン砦”
  • Picard: “Fort Vauban d‘ Imbelteuse”
  • Picard: “Fort Vauban d’ Imbelteuse”

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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 Mahon”. Photo: Milseburg, CC BY-SA 4.0.