The Opal Coast (French: Côte d'Opale) is a coastal strip in the Hauts-de-France region in the north of France. It covers part of the coastline along the English Channel, from Dunkirk to Berck at the mouth of the Authie. The French coastal strip on the North Sea, between the Belgian border at Brayduinen (Bray-Dunes) and Dunkirk, is called the 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 something in nature that possesses this variety of changing colours? Yes, that's the opal, the precious gemstone that causes that series of eruptions of red and green over and over again. 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. Is the North Sea coast in the vicinity of Dunkirk (French Westhoek) fairly flat with a modest strip of dunes, the extreme northwest point along the Strait of Calais at Cap Blanc-Nez and Cap Gris-Nez is characterized by chalk cliffs rising high above the sea.
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