Coordinates: 50°31′07″N 1°35′42″E / 50.518611°N 1.595000°E
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Commune of Le Touquet-Paris-Plage |
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 Le Touquet celebration |
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Le Touquet-Paris-Plage
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| Country | France |
| Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Montreuil |
| Canton | Montreuil |
| Intercommunality | Mer et Terres d'Opale |
| Mayor | Daniel Fasquelle (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 0–42 m (0–140 ft) (avg. 5 m/16 ft) |
| Land area1 | 15.31 km2 (5.91 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 2,745 (2006) |
| - Density | 179 /km2 (460 /sq mi) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 62826/ 62520 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, commonly referred to as Le Touquet, is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.
Le Touquet has a reputation as the most elegant holiday resort of northern France, the playground of rich Parisians, with many luxury hotels.
Since the mid-1990s, Le Touquet’s villas have become extremely fashionable amongst architecture lovers throughout Europe, rediscovering the “folie” of seaside architecture of both the Roaring Twenties and the Thirties. The most famous local architect is Louis Quetelart, whose style was named after him: Louis Quetelart Style.
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The resort was created in 1876 by Hippolyte de Villemessant (1812-1879), founder and owner of the Paris newspaper, Le Figaro. Then this was an area of wild sand dunes and forest - part of a hunting estate. It became known as “Paris by the sea”, and strict building regulations encouraged the most talented architects to create imaginative and innovative developments.
In 1903, an Englishman bought the land, and set out to sell properties to the rich from across the English Channel. In the 1920s, Noël Coward and the “smart set” from England spent weekends here, and commissioned more outstanding villa designs echoing traditional and ultra-modern domestic styles. Today the town tourist office offers organised trails to see outstanding examples of 19th and 20th century domestic architecture, which are now preserved and protected.
Inland from the beach, hotels, a casino and a horse racing course, a wide range of sports, particularly golf are offered. The casino provided the inspiration of the casino of Royale-les-Eaux in Casino Royale.
Every year in February, a motorbike & quad race called 'Enduro' where bikes race along the beach and through the dunes.
Le Touquet was the birthplace of Christian Ferras, violinist.[1]
Le Touquet participates in international town twinning; its current partners are:
Winterberg, Germany (since September 1966),
winter sports town
Rixensart, Belgium, south of Brussels
Witney, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia, upscale seaside town
in the suburbs of Tunis
Cary,
North
Carolina, United
States
Eckbolsheim, France, 5 km (3.1 mi)
from StrasbourgLe Touquet is served by Le Touquet - Côte d'Opale Airport.
 Le Touquet Aqualud |
 Christmas band outside one of the Le Touquet's casino |
 Le Touquet sports centre |
 Christmas carol service in Le Touquet |
Redirecting to Le Touquet-Paris-Plage
Le Touquet is a fashionable seaside resort in Pas de Calais.
The town is also known as Le Touquet Paris Plage indicating its popularity with visitors from Paris.
A16 motorway (Junction 26). Then N39 via Etaples. The town is approached though the wooded area that surrounds the town. There are several large car parks by the beach.
Le Touquet has an airport for small private and chartered planes.
There are many hotels in the town. The large 5 star hotels, such as Hotel Westminster and Holiday Inn, are located at the rear of the town. There are also two hotels, Novotel and Ibis, located at the southern end of the beach overlooking the sea.
There are a number of other beach resorts on this stretch of coast, such as Berck and Hardelot-Plage.
Montreuil-sur-Mer, an historic walled town, is 10 miles inland and worth a visit.
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