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Né au Crotoy, Paul Eudel passe sa jeunesse à Nantes, puis voyage comme armateur et devient collectionneur. Trois ans avant sa disparition en 1911, il revient au Crotoy où il rédige un ouvrage qui présente le port et la station balnéaire à travers ses propres souvenirs.

Born in Le Crotoy, Paul Eudel spent his youth in Nantes, then traveled as a shipowner and became a collector. Three years before his death in 1911, he returned to Le Crotoy where he wrote a book which presents the port and the seaside resort through his own memories.