La Calotterie Explained

La Calotterie
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason La Calotterie.svg
Arrondissement:Montreuil
Canton:Berck
Insee:62196
Postal Code:62170
Mayor:Franck Leurette[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:CA Deux Baies en Montreuillois
Coordinates:50.4767°N 1.7281°W
Elevation M:5
Elevation Min M:2
Elevation Max M:58
Area Km2:9.48

La Calotterie (in French pronounced as /la kalɔtʁi/) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[2]

Geography

A small village situated some 2 miles (3 km) northwest of Montreuil-sur-Mer at the D146 and D149 crossroads.

Visemarest and Quentovic

Close to the village of La Calotterie is the hamlet of Visemarest. Excavations coordinated by Dr David Hill of Manchester University between 1984 and 1991 uncovered the remains of a substantial early-medieval settlement there. This is now accepted as the site of the port and trading settlement of Quentovic or 'Quentovicus', although the finds from the excavations are located in the Musée de Quentovic in Étaples (the museum predating the discovery of the site itself by a number of years).[3]

Places of interest

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References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
  2. https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/cog/commune/COM62196-la-calotterie INSEE commune file
  3. Hill, D. et al. (1990)