Outreau

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Commune of Outreau
Location
Longitude 01° 35' 41" E
Latitude 50° 42' 16" N
Administration
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton Outreau
Intercommunality Communauté d'agglomération du Boulonnais
Mayor Thérèse Guilbert
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Altitude 2 m–96 m
(avg. 55 m)
Land area¹ 7.09 km²
Population²
(1999)
15,222
 - Density (1999) 2,146/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 62643/ 62230
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).
France

Outreau is a commune and the chief town of a canton of northern France, in the Pas-de-Calais département, arrondissement of Boulogne-sur-Mer. It belongs to the Communauté d'agglomération du Boulonnais, which gathers 22 communes.

Population (1999): 15,442 inhabitants for the commune and 18,156 inhabitants for the canton.

Now famous in France for the Outreau trial.

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Coordinates: 50°42′N, 1°35′E