Blendecques
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Blendecques
Blendeke | |
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The town hall of Blendecques | |
Coordinates: 50°43′04″N 2°16′38″E / 50.7178°N 2.2772°ECoordinates: 50°43′04″N 2°16′38″E / 50.7178°N 2.2772°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Pas-de-Calais |
Arrondissement | Saint-Omer |
Canton | Longuenesse |
Intercommunality | Pays de Saint-Omer |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Rachid Ben Amor |
Area 1 | 9.56 km2 (3.69 sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 62139 /62575 |
Elevation | 7–93 m (23–305 ft) (avg. 25 m or 82 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
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Blendecques (French pronunciation: [blɑ̃dɛk]; West Flemish: Blendeke) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.[1]
Geography
A town situated 3 miles (5 km) south of Saint-Omer, at the junction of the D77, D210 and D211 roads. The river Aa flows through the commune.[2]
The town has a football team and a basketball team.
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 4,431 | — |
1975 | 5,014 | +1.78% |
1982 | 5,338 | +0.90% |
1990 | 5,210 | −0.30% |
1999 | 5,186 | −0.05% |
2007 | 5,090 | −0.23% |
2012 | 5,205 | +0.45% |
2017 | 5,002 | −0.79% |
Source: INSEE[3] |
Personalities
- Alfred Machin, filmmaker, was born here.
Sights
- The nineteenth-century church of St. Gilles.
- The Chapelle de Soyecques.
- The eighteenth-century Château de La Garenne.
- Another Château of the 19th century .
- The abbey of Sainte-Colombe, dating from the twelfth century.
- The remains of some old watermills and lime-kilns.
See also
References
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Blendecques.
- Football Club Patriote of Blendecques Archived 2009-02-14 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
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