NAPLES  , a

town of northern France, in the department of Pas-de-Calais, on the right bank of the estuary of the Canche, 3 M. from the Straits of Dover, 17 M . S. of Boulogne by rail . Pop . (1906) 5136 . Etaples has a small fishing and commercial port which enjoyed a certain importance during the middle ages . Boat-building is carried on . There is an old church with a statue of the Virgin much revered by the sailors . The Canche is crossed by a bridge over 'boo ft. in length . Le Touquet, in the midst of pine woods, and the neighbouring watering-place of Paris-Plage, 31 m . W. of Etaples at the mouth of the estuary, are much frequented by English and French visitors for golf, tennis and bathing, and Staples itself is a centre for artists . Antiquarian discoveries in the vicinity of Etaples have led to the conjecture that it occupies the site of the Gallo-Roman port of Quentovicus . In 1492 a treaty was signed here between Henry VII., king of England, and Charles VIII., king of France .