The Opal Coast (French: Côte d'Opale) is a coastal strip in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France. It includes a part of the coastline along the Channel, from Dunkirk to Berck at the mouth of the Authie. The French coastal strip at the North Sea, between the Belgian border at Brayduinen (Bray-Dunes) and Dunkirk, is called Côte des Dunes de Flandre (Coast of the Flemish Dunes) and is the French part of the Flemish coast.
The name Opal Coast was first used in 1911 by the painter Édouard Lévêque: "Is there anything in nature that possesses this variety of changing colours? Yes, it is the opal, the precious gemstone that produces, time after time, that series of bursts of red and green. From now on, in addition to the Côte d'Azur, the Côte d'Émeraude and the Côte d'Argent, we can also add the Côte d'Opale, our Opal Coast! "[1]
The character of the coast changes the further west one goes. While the North Sea coast around Dunkirk (French Westhoek) is rather flat with a modest strip of dunes, the most north-westerly point along the Strait of Dover at Cap Blanc-Nez and Cap Gris-Nez is characterised by chalky cliffs rising high above the sea.
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