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==<FONT COLOR="#242424">'''HISTORY OF BOULOGNE'''</FONT>==

Originally named ''Gesoriacum'' and probably also to be identified with Portus Itius, by the 4th century Boulogne was known to the Roman Empire as ''Bononia'' and '''served as the major port connecting the rest of the empire to Roman Britain.''' The emperor Claudius used this town as his base for the Roman conquest of Britain, in AD 43, and until 296 it was the base of the ''Classis Britannica''.<br/>

In the Middle Ages it was the centre of a Count of Boulogne. '''The area was fought over by the French and the English people'''. In 1550, The Peace of Boulogne ended the war of England with Scotland and France. France bought back Boulogne for 400,000 crowns. <br/>

In the 19th century the Notre-Dame de Boulogne was reconstructed by the priest Benoit Haffreingue after he received a call from God to reconstruct the town's ruined basilica. During the Napoleonic Wars, '''Napoleon amassed La Grande Armée in Boulogne to invade the United Kingdom in 1805'''. However, his plans were halted by other European matters and the supremacy of the Royal Navy.<br/>

Nowadays, '''Boulogne-sur-Mer is the most important fishing port in France'''. 7,000 inhabitants derive part or all of their livelihoods from fishing.

'''''More information about the History of Boulogne on the [[wikipedia:Boulogne Sur Mer]] !'''''