Colembert (; ) is a commune in the

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department in the

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Geography

A farming commune, some east of Boulogne, at the junction of the D252, D253 and the N42 roads.

Population

Transport

The

Chemin de fer de Boulogne à Bonningues The Chemin de Fer de Boulogne à Bonningues (; CF de BB) was a gauge railway from Boulogne to Bonningues-lès-Ardres, Pas-de-Calais, France, where it had a connection with the Chemin de fer d'Anvin à Calais. It opened in 1900 and closed in 19 ...

(CF de BB) opened a station at Colembert on 22 April 1900. Passenger services were withdrawn on 31 December 1935. They were reinstated in November 1942. The CF de BB closed in 1948.

Places of interest

* The church of St.Nicholas, dating from the eighteenth century. * The eighteenth-century chateau. * The

manorhouse A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were usually held the lord's manorial courts, communal mea ...

of La Cabocherie

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