 At that time, the village territory was dry land (or moorland), unlike other territories which were underwater in the "plaine maritime" (see the three Dunkirk transgressions), a polder region made from Les Moëres, part of French Flanders.The nearby presence of a Roman road (now voie romaine - D52) from Cassel and leading to the sea could have been a reason for an early settlement.This road could have preceded the Romans.