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BÉTHUNE PROPERTY GUIDE
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The town of Béthune is found in the Pas-de-Calais department in France's northernmost tip, not far from the ferry ports of Calais and Dunkerque, and not far from Lille and the Belgian border. It is lively and appealing, with plenty to offer its visitors and residents. Like so many northern French towns, Béthune suffered badly from the ravages of war, but has been regenerated into a thriving, clean and elegant town with a reputation for luxury shopping!
BOULOGNE-SUR-MER PROPERTY GUIDE
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The town of Boulogne-sur-Mer lies, as its name implies, on the sea. The sea in question is the English Channel, and this geographical fact has influenced the town's fortunes since Roman times, when it was considered an important point for movement of troops and for trading with Britain.
CALAIS PROPERTY GUIDE
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The town of Calais, best known for being the home of France's busiest ferry port, lies in the northernmost tip of France, at the closest point to Britain. Many British visitors are day trippers there for the excellent shopping, but if you can find more time to invest in looking around Calais, you will find a place with much more to offer than cheap booze and chocolate!
DUNKERQUE PROPERTY GUIDE
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Dunkerque is a name that will always conjure up memories of extreme courage, and of the terrible tragedy of war. The town today, however, whilst never wanting to forget the events of 1940, is a forward thinking place of industry and commerce, of shopping sprees and holidays by the sea. Lying on the lovely Opal Coast in the north of France, it is a town well worth a little... or a lot... of your time.
HESDIN PROPERTY GUIDE
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The pretty market town of Hesdin lies at the northernmost tip of France, in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais. Hesdin, with its bridges and its quaint streets is just over an hour's travel away from the port of Calais, and thus represents a very interesting proposition for second home seekers.
LILLE PROPERTY GUIDE
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Lille, the great city of the north and historic capital of Flanders, is now the capital city of the Nord department of northern France. Once a centre of the textile industry, the city has undergone massive rejuvenation in recent times, and today bears no comparison to the dark industrial place it was in times gone by. Thanks to local government funded programmes, it is a place of light and colour, of beauty, history and art.
MONTREUIL-SUR-MER PROPERTY GUIDE
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Montreuil-sur-Mer, famous as the setting for much of Victor Hugo's acclaimed novel “Les Misérables”, is an attractive hilltop town in northern France. The town's mediaeval origins are very much still in evidence, and Montreuil-sur-Mer is a joy to discover, with its narrow cobbled streets and half-timbered houses reminding you of days long gone.
SAINT OMER PROPERTY GUIDE
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Saint Omer, a northern French town in the Pas de Calais, is notable for its history as a Jesuit training centre where it is alleged that the Gunpowder Plot was hatched in 1605. It's also known for the Audomarois marshes whose fertile peat bogs earn a living for some 70 farmers, and these in turn supply the town's market with local produce every Saturday.
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