Guemps
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Commune of Guemps |
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Location | |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
Department | Pas-de-Calais |
Arrondissement | Saint-Omer |
Canton | Audruicq |
Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de la Région d'Audruicq |
Mayor | Michel Cousin |
Statistics | |
Elevation | 1 m–5 m (avg. 3 m) |
Land area¹ | 15,89 km² |
Population² (1999) |
882 |
- Density | 55/km² |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 62393/ 62370 |
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. | |
Guemps is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.
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[edit] Geography
A farming village situated 5 miles (8km) southeast of Calais, at the D229 and D32 crossroads.
[edit] Population
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 |
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739 | 797 | 768 | 808 | 858 | 882 |
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting |
[edit] Places of interest
- The church of St.John the Baptist, dating from the 15th century.
- The windmills, used to pump water from the marshland.
[edit] See also
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department
[edit] External links
- Guemps on the Insee website (French)
- Guemps on the Quid website (French)
[edit] Notes
- This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on May 10th 2008.