Campagne-lès-Guines
Campagne-lès-Guînes | |
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_mairie.JPG) The town hall of Campagne-lès-Guines | |
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Location of Campagne-lès-Guînes  | |
  Campagne-lès-Guînes  Campagne-lès-Guînes | |
| Coordinates: 50°50′26″N 1°54′17″E / 50.8406°N 1.9047°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Calais |
| Canton | Calais-2 |
| Intercommunality | CC Pays d'Opale |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Bruno Demilly[1] |
| Area 1 | 5.72 km2 (2.21 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 426 |
| • Density | 74/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62203 /62340 |
| Elevation | 21–160 m (69–525 ft) (avg. 45 m or 148 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Campagne-lès-Guines (French pronunciation: [kɑ̃paɲ lɛ ɡin], literally Campagne near Guines) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas de Calais region of France.[3]
Geography
[edit]A farming village located 10 miles (16 km) south of Calais, on the D248 and D215 road junction.
History
[edit]The meeting between Francis I and Henry VIII took place here at Campagne-lès-Guînes in 1546 to conclude the peace treaty of Ardres, which saw Boulogne returned to the French crown, for a sizeable sum of money.
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 295 | — |
| 1975 | 296 | +0.05% |
| 1982 | 370 | +3.24% |
| 1990 | 406 | +1.17% |
| 1999 | 452 | +1.20% |
| 2007 | 454 | +0.06% |
| 2012 | 451 | −0.13% |
| 2017 | 445 | −0.27% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Places of interest
[edit]- The church of St.Martin, dating from the nineteenth century.
- The nineteenth-century château..
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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