Les Attaques
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Les Attaques | |
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![]() The church of Les Attaques | |
Coordinates: 50°54′28″N 1°56′05″E / 50.9078°N 1.9347°ECoordinates: 50°54′28″N 1°56′05″E / 50.9078°N 1.9347°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Pas-de-Calais |
Arrondissement | Calais |
Canton | Calais-2 |
Intercommunality | CA Grand Calais Terres et Mers |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Nadine Denièle-Vanpouille |
Area 1 | 20.81 km2 (8.03 sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 62043 /62730 |
Elevation | 0–6 m (0–20 ft) (avg. 3 m or 9.8 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Les Attaques (French pronunciation: [le.z‿atak]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[1]
Geography
A large farming and light industrial village located 4 miles (6 km) southeast of Calais, at the junction of the N43 and D248 roads. Both the A26 ‘autoroute des Anglaises’ and the Calais-St. Omer canal pass through the commune.
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 1,790 | — |
1975 | 1,775 | −0.12% |
1982 | 1,878 | +0.81% |
1990 | 1,887 | +0.06% |
1999 | 1,821 | −0.39% |
2007 | 2,039 | +1.42% |
2012 | 1,939 | −1.00% |
2017 | 1,978 | +0.40% |
Source: INSEE[2] |
Sights
- The church of St. Pierre, dating from the nineteenth century.
- The nineteenth-century chateau Brûlé.
- Vestiges of a Capuchin abbey.
- A rare four-branch bridge
See also
References
External links
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- Les Attaques official website (in French)
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