Boulonnais (land area)

Carte de la Côte d'Opale
The Boulonnais region, on the Côte d'Opale around Boulogne-sur-Mer.

The Boulonnais (French pronunciation: [bu.lɔ.nɛ]) is a coastal area of northern France,[1] around Calais and Boulogne-sur-Mer. It has a curved belt of chalk downs which run into the sea at both ends, and geologically is the east end of the Weald-Artois Anticline.[2]

  1. ^ Townson, W.G.; Wimbledon, W.A. (1979-01-01). "The Portlandian strata of the Bas Boulonnais, France". Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. 90 (1–2): 81–91. Bibcode:1979PrGA...90...81T. doi:10.1016/S0016-7878(79)80035-8. ISSN 0016-7878.
  2. ^ Jones, David K. C. (1999-01-01). "On the uplift and denudation of the Weald". Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 162 (1): 25–43. Bibcode:1999GSLSP.162...25J. doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.162.01.03. ISSN 0305-8719. S2CID 128889275.

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