Courgain Maritime District

The Courgain Maritime district, in Calais

The Courgain Maritime is the former fishermen's district of Calais, along the port. The Calais audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this popular and authentic district, a witness of the maritime soul of the town.

The maritime soul of Calais

The Courgain Maritime is the historic fishermen's district of Calais, nestled along the port. With its rows of low houses along the quays and its small basin, it has kept the popular and authentic atmosphere of the sailors' districts of the past. If its setting may seem modest, especially at low tide, the district is rich in history and memory: here lived the families of fishermen who went to sea to face the strait. The Courgain Maritime tells the intimate and sometimes harsh link between Calais and the sea, and constitutes a precious testimony of the maritime identity of the town.

What to see

Here you wander between the rows of low houses along the quays and the small basin, in the popular and authentic atmosphere of the former fishermen's district, rich in history and memory. The Courgain Maritime embodies the maritime soul of Calais. It is an authentic stop, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The Courgain Maritime district lies along the port of Calais, reachable on foot. It is a freely accessible public district; it is best to respect the tranquillity of the place and the inhabitants. You discover it during a walk by the water.

What is the Courgain Maritime in Calais?

The former fishermen's district of Calais, along the port, with its low houses and its small basin, which has kept the popular and authentic atmosphere of the sailors' districts of the past.

Where is the Courgain Maritime?

Along the port of Calais, in France.