Gouy-Saint-André

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Coordinates: 50°22′28″N 1°53′57″E / 50.3744444444, 1.89916666667

Administration
Commune of Gouy-Saint-André
Location

Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Montreuil
Canton	Campagne-lès-Hesdin
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Val de Canche et d'Authie
Mayor	Yves Beuvain
Statistics
Elevation	30 m–117 m (avg. 89 m)
Land area^¹	13,34 km²
Population^² (1999)	611
- Density	45/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62382/ 62870
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.

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

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

[edit] Geography

A village situated some 10 miles (16km) southeast of Montreuil-sur-Mer on the D137 road.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution
1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
584	604	627	633	598	611
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

Church of St. Martin, dating from the 16th century.
The abbey of St. Martin.

In 1130, monks of the Premonstratensian Order chose a site on the plateau between the rivers Canche and Authie to build their abbey. The church was begun in 1156 and consecrated in 1220. It was surrounded by many buildings and had a large tower, a barn and two cloisters. Hostilities in the sixteenth and seventeenth century caused much damage. In the early years of the 18th century, the church building was reconstructed, as was the rest of the abbey around 1751 under the leadership of Dom Ignace Crépin with the guidance of the architect Arrageois Merville.
After the revolution only the abbey church and agricultural outbuildings were left standing. The Marquis de Riencourt then transformed it into a chateau, Farm buildings were built between 1752 and 1755 by architect Claude Brunion and were expanded up to 1784. The current buildings facades are exceptional architecturally with bricks and stones.
The chateau was accidentally burned down by British troops in 1918.
The triangular pediment over the main gate bears the arms of the abbey and of the bishop of Amiens. It is typical of the classical architectural style of that period.