Hesdin-l'Abbé
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Hesdin-l’Abbé | |
|---|---|
 The chateau of Cléry, in Hesdin-l'Abbé | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Hesdin-l’Abbé  Hesdin-l’Abbé | |
| Coordinates: 50°40′10″N 1°40′55″E / 50.6694°N 1.6819°ECoordinates: 50°40′10″N 1°40′55″E / 50.6694°N 1.6819°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Boulogne-sur-Mer |
| Canton | Outreau |
| Intercommunality | CA du Boulonnais |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Thierry Bentz |
| Area 1 | 7.39 km2 (2.85 sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62448 /62360 |
| Elevation | 7–130 m (23–427 ft) (avg. 11 m or 36 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Hesdin-l’Abbé (French pronunciation: [edɛ̃ labe]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[1]
Geography
A forestry and farming village situated some 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Boulogne, at the junction of the D901 (formerly the N1 Paris-Calais highway) and theD240 road. The A16 autoroute forms part of the western border of the commune and the river Liane the southern.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 789 | — |
| 1975 | 831 | +0.74% |
| 1982 | 1,396 | +7.69% |
| 1990 | 1,880 | +3.79% |
| 1999 | 1,998 | +0.68% |
| 2007 | 1,903 | −0.61% |
| 2012 | 1,884 | −0.20% |
| 2017 | 1,863 | −0.22% |
| Source: INSEE[2] | ||
Places of interest
- The church of St.Leger, dating from the seventeenth century.
- The eighteenth-century chateau d'Hesdin-l'Abbé, nowadays the Hotel Cléry.
- A seventeenth-century manorhouse.
See also
References
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