Bolted

Situation

Natural areas bordering

Blootland
Plate of Licques
Ternois

Physical data

Geology, geomorphology

Bolted is often described like a eroded Anticlinal, one (Boutonnière). If it is true that its relief, as that of the Artois which prolongs it, was formed under the by-effect of alpine compression, it is more exact to regard it as a reversed half-graben

The reversed normal fault (fault of Ferques) corresponds to a collapse of Jurassic age, which was formed and functioned at the time of the opening of the Atlantic. It was taken again and was reversed by alpine compressive forces, which caused the Flambage continent of Europe. The formation of the reliefs Armorican, of the Ardennes, Rhenish, of the Eiffel, the Country of Bray, the subsidence of the the Sologne are due to this same Flambage.

In the area of Marchioness, in the middle of the Anticline, the Mesozoic cover is completely eroded, and thus the paleozoic base hercynien appears with the outcrop. It is to some extent a reappearance of the Ardennes to 200 km of the Fagnes, where they are inserted under the cover.

It is delimited by a chalky Cuesta which dominates of the interior Colline S developed in clay. The northern cuesta stops on the littoral by cliff S sharp: Cape Gray-Nose and White Cape Nose. The southern cuesta is separated from the feature of coast by Dune S. the opposite end of the buttonhole finds in opposite on the English bank of the English Channel (area of the Down hills).

Hydrographic network and water resources

Bolted is drained by the Liane, small coastal river. The wearing of Boulogne developed on its estuary.

Human data and traditional economy

History

Culture, language and traditions

Peintres of Bolted:

Language:

Bolted belongs to the dialects Picard S and is located at the septentrional end of the Langues of oil. It is sometimes interfered Anglo-Norman. In Boulogne and in the close surroundings, the underprivileged class exclusively uses the Anglo-Norman conjugations which disappeared elsewhere gradually since XIVe century. In certain coastal villages, the dialect is interfered Anglo-Saxon words (the " neque" for the neck for example) and the J of certain toponyms still is pronounced like English HT wet.

traditions:

The old national festival, the Assomption of the August 15th, remained national with the Canada French, continuous festival with being celebrated in Bolted, as much if not more than on July 14th, with fireworks and detonators.

The most outstanding celebration being the mass, followed procession and blessing of the sea in the village of fishermen remained typical of Audresselles, which attracts each year of important crowd.

A still alive tradition nowadays is the procession of the Guénel S which is held in the area mid-December.

Soils and productions

Bolted is a bovine cattle-rearing area and Boulogne a fishing port (currently first French halieutic port, historically in competition with Étaples). Bolted is also known for its horses wholesale fish merchants and of feature: to see Bolted (equine race). The geological resources allowed the development of already old activities: Cement factory, Faïence laughs (with Desvres), refractory Sidérurgie, grounds, extraction of Marbre (with Rinxent in the area of Marquise).

Landscapes and traditional architecture

Bolted is a country of Bocage and dispersed habitat.

Animals and plants associated with the soils

the " boulonnais", horse wholesale fish merchant and of feature (cf bonds)
the sheep bolted (cf bonds)

the Apple Rennet of Flandres
the Apple Cabarette

Gastronomy

Welsh rarebit

Recent evolutions

The bordering cuesta is presented in the form of a particularly vigorous relief, which, thanks to the chalk affleurente, appears very clear and sometimes luminous under the sun. The pasturage maintained a close-cropped calcicole vegetation there.

The southern part of the Littoral, composed of beaches, dunes and a forester Hardelot is a gravitational zone of tourism. The cliffs of the Cape Gray-Nose and Cape Blanc-Nez, from where are visible the English coasts, are remarkable benchmarks for the area.

Sites

Cape White-nosed monkey
Cape Gray-Nose
Castle of Boulogne-sur-Mer
Column of the large army
Happy Valley (Bolted)

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