Houlgate is a small tourist resort in northwestern France along the English Channel with a beach and a casino.
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11 Facts About Houlgate
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Houlgate was formed by three men, a financier, a lawyer and a member of parliament, who bought most of the land, divided it into properties, drew the lines for streets and built a wall protecting the developing town from the sea.
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The walk below the cliffs separating Dives-sur-Mer and Houlgate soon became history when the railway line was built along the south side of the estuary of the river Dives.
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Houlgate became a hospital town where local "Houlgatais" mingled with soldiers who had been wounded from the front.
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Fortunes had been lost and Houlgate never found the bustle it had experienced during the Belle Epoque.
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In 2005, the change of the commune's name to Houlgate was celebrated with a Belle Epoque centenary festival, with many local people, including the mayor, dressed in traditional 1900s clothing.
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Houlgate is a common variation in Normandy of Norrois origin: "holr gata" "chemin creux".
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Houlgate is located along the English Channel in the valley of the Drochon.
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Houlgate was squire, lord of Grangues and Vauville and sold land in Beuzeval.
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Houlgate has seen two casino buildings on the site in front of the Grand Hotel and added to the luxurious surroundings of the hotel.
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Town was built for the purpose of tourism, Houlgate is not particularly known for its industry, nevertheless on 18 March 1852 the Patrelle Company was founded, specialising in aroma.
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