- Presentation of the city:
- The capital of Canton is located at the foot of hills surrounded the bolt. 15 km from Boulogne-sur-Mer, 10 km from Hardelot, Samer offers by geographical location is a possibility of rapid movement towards the coastline of the Opal Coast.
- Its territory has an area of 1678 hectares and has 3200 inhabitants. The broad cobbled square of the town, by the astonishing situation in his church of St. Martin in the 16th with its font of the eleventh, is the center Samer, which houses the town hall, library, and most businesses. On this site you will find starting points for hiking and cycling.
- This city is famous for its strawberries, for over a century. You have also celebrated the annual Strawberry Festival known throughout the region. Passionate about history, you can go explore the Abbey Saint-Wulms who is originally from Bourg, ancient religious site, which now houses the rectory and a private school. Discovering the sights Samer, be sure to go for a walk on the side of the pond with beautiful swans, and the Public Garden, where a statue of the famous painter Jean Charles Cazin was erected. Subsequently, for nature enthusiasts, will visit the museum pedagogical House of Nature, where a fan will welcome. The strawberry is not the only local product was deemed to be, you also have the "Old Samer" an artisanal cheese known regionally as "the Land of Mist" craft beer manufactured Samer.
- Samer History: The origin of Samer is very old. It was discovered in the vicinity of cemeteries that many archaeologists date back to the time Merovius. In the 7th century, this area is known for Silvacius. The ending of the word seems Gallic countries and means of wood. Indeed, the country was the extension of the forest of Boulogne. Towards the end of the reign of Clotaire II, most of the territory Silvacius belonged to a family of Anglo Saxon origin, one of the two son named Wulms, 650 decided to settle in the Abbey of Hautmont, after a disappointment in love. After his monastic training, he fled to preach the gospel. Back home, he founded a monastery of the Benedictine order and another on Wierre to Wood, he confided to his niece Héremberthe. Around 688 Cheadwala, king of Wessex (Anglo Saxon) through Samer to go to Rome, would have given him a sum of thirty cents gold for the decoration of the building. St. Wulms enjoyed great veneration in the country. He died circa 710. The Abbey was known as the "Area" (which may mean area cleared). In the 9th century during the Norman invasions, the abbey was destroyed, and that of Wierre to Wood, the abbey could not rise from its ruins. As to that Samer must wait two hundred years for the first restorations. At that time, the Abbey was known as St. Wulms-au-Bois. The Counts of Boulogne were the major benefactors of the monastery. They assisted in the rehabilitation of this property. The town became known as Villa Sancti Ulmar "the village of Saint-Wulms. This name, contracted in the usual pronunciation, made in Latin Saulmerieum, vernacular Saumer, Sammer and definitely Samer. Several of them chose their burial, including Eustace II, husband of St. Ide, whose son is one of Godfrey of Bouillon. In 1107, Count Eustace III, in agreement with the Bishop of Thérouanne and Abbot St. Bertin Abbey submit to the Abbot of Cluny in the time of St. Hugh. It is a period of prosperity for the abbey. Several charters of privileges and protections are established by the Counts of Boulogne. In 1112, the town had acquired sufficient importance, there is an annual fair on the day of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (September 14). The Abbey owned several properties. The Counts of Boulogne had reserved the right to hunt on the lands of the Abbey. This gives a possible explanation of the origin of Arms of Samer. The legend says that: each year, a doe with her fawn came a procession (of the Holy Cross or the Holy Sacrament). After the ceremony, the doe back in the woods and the deer remained in the monastery for the purpose of a feast. Then one day, a few men killed both the doe and fawn. Therefore Samériens inherited known as "Maqueux of Bique. In the 13th century, the Village enjoyed a historical figure who was Eustace the Monk. He entered as a monk at the Abbey Samer and ended his life as a pirate. The Hundred Years War again caused havoc at the Abbey. The Village was destroyed by the soldier Edward III after the Battle of Crecy in 1346, and the Earls of Warwick and Kent set fire to 1412. In 1540, the English destroyed the town again. In the 16th century, adopted the Religious Reform congregation of St. Maur. On the eve of the revolution, he remained seven monks at the Monastery. It was at this period was born the legend of a treasure hidden by the monks in a cave during the flight. Around 1789, existed Samer industries, including manufacturing of lime, tiles, and pottery. During the revolution, disorder began to Samer and its environs. At the beginning of the revolution, the men elected never failed to inaugurate a new policy without putting it under religious protection. But the storm was forming, and the church was outlawed. It was not until 1795 that the Catholic faith is again approved.
- Jean-Charles Cazin: Famous painter born May 25, 1841 in Hamlet Letoquoi to Samer. The son of an esteemed physician in the region, he received an excellent education at the College de Boulogne. After passing his exams in Lille, he moved to Paris and entered the studio of Lecoq de Boisbaudran master also Lhermitte and Renourd. But it is the kind Cazin had his artistic training. Cazin was married with young Marie Guillet who was herself a great artist, and his son, who died in the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer during the great war aboard a warship, was also a renowned painter . His works are exhibited in various museums and galleries, including Samer, Luxembourg, Lille, Boulogne, Tours, Terminals-les-Mimosas, Holland, England and America? Some of his paintings are in private collections in France and abroad. Jean-Charles Cazin retired at the end of his life in Bormes-les-Mimosas in the Var. He died in March 1901 in Le Lavandou. His wife survived him 23 years and continued to live Equihen. It has left many works in the region as the monument erected in memory of her husband.
