Airon-Saint-Vaast

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Coordinates: 50°25′56″N 1°40′05″E / 50.432222, 1.6680566

Commune of Airon-Saint-Vaast
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Montreuil
Canton	Berck
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes Opale Sud
Mayor	Sébastien Béthouart (2008/2014)
Statistics
Elevation	4 m–52 m (avg. 8 m)
Land area¹	5,92 km²
Population² (1999)	231
- Density	39/km²
Miscellaneous
Postal code	62180
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Airon-Saint-Vaast is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Places of interest 3 Population 4 See also 5 External links 6 Notes

[edit] Geography

A small village situated some 21 miles(33km) south of Boulogne-sur-Mer, on the D143E1 road

[edit] Places of interest

• The church, built in 1877, in Neo-Gothic style.
• The chapel de Bavemont, built in 1809. This is where Saint Josse is said to have restored the sight of a little girl (Juliule), on his return from a pilgrimage to Rome in 665. In memory of this, a pilgrimage takes place at Whitsuntide.
• The chateau and its park.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
117	144	130	120	166	231
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

[edit] External links

• Airon-Saint-Vaast on the Insee website (French)
• Airon-Saint-Vaast on the Quid website (French)

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on April 16th 2008.