Gravelines

Gravelines

France
Flemish  Gravelinghe 

      seaport town of northern France, in the Nord département, Nord-Pas-de-Calais région and the arrondissement of Dunkirk. It is situated midway between Dunkirk and Calais, near the mouth of the Aa River and adjacent to the western port and industrial zone of Dunkirk. The canalization of the Aa by the Count of Flanders in about the mid-12th century led to the foundation of Gravelines (grave-linghe, meaning “count's canal”). It became the site of an important citadel, which was fortified by a double circuit of ramparts and by a tidal moat. There Lamoraal (Egmond, Lamoraal, count van), count of Egmond, who was fighting for Spain, defeated the French in 1558, and the English scattered the Spanish Armada in 1588 offshore from it. The French took Gravelines in 1644, the Austrians in 1652, and the French finally in 1658 by the Treaty of the Pyrenees. Today the town has developed as a coastal tourist and recreational centre, particularly for the people of the two large neighbouring towns, Calais and Dunkirk. It is also the site of one of France's largest nuclear power stations. Pop. (1999) 12,430; (2005 est.) 11,800.

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