Watten, traversed by the AA, as with his "Mountain" to 72 meters, the last link in the chain of mountains of Flanders. In the limit of the maritime plain Flemish Watten is only few steps from Saint-Omer and its marshes and twenty miles from Dunkirk and vast beaches of the coast.
City of about 2700 inhabitants, Watten, whose name means "ford", has maintained and maintains vestiges of centuries are its pride. When the sea still covered his land now built and cultivated Roman tribes chose to settle in Watten, they were dethroned by francs, themselves driven by the Normans who destroyed the city in 881. The presence monastic saved Watten of abandonment. A priest in 1072 decided to found a monastery on the Mount of Watten.
Over the centuries, the city was at stake in many battles and suffered the discord between the sovereigns of France, England, Flanders and Spain, to which it belonged until 1678 alternate date of his final return to France. From the late 19th century, the city experienced a growth industry (tile, spinning, boat yards), whose rise was facilitated by the geographical position of the city, a crossroads of communication channels.
