Cauchy-à-la-Tour

Cauchy-à-la-Tour
Commune
The church of Cauchy-à-la-Tour
Coat of arms
Location of Cauchy-à-la-Tour
Cauchy-à-la-Tour Cauchy-à-la-Tour
Coordinates: 50°30′16″N 2°27′09″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Auchel
Intercommunality	CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jacques Flahaut
Area 1	3.13 km2 (1.21 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	2,702
• Density	860/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62217 /62260
Elevation	82–116 m (269–381 ft) (avg. 115 m or 377 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Cauchy-à-la-Tour (French pronunciation: [koʃi a la tuʁ]; Picard: El-Cauchie-à-l’Tour; Dutch:"Turringhem" (house of the sons of Turr)) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

A farming and ex-coalmining village some 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Béthune and 30 miles (48 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D183 and the D341 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,997	—
1975	2,696	−1.50%
1982	2,712	+0.08%
1990	2,907	+0.87%
1999	2,856	−0.20%
2007	2,941	+0.37%
2012	2,935	−0.04%
2017	2,814	−0.84%
Source: INSEE

Places of interest

• The church of Saint-Pierre, rebuilt after the First World War.
• The war memorial.
• Ruins of an old castle.

Notable people

• Philippe Pétain, marshal of France, was born here on the 24 April 1856.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department