Guemps

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Coordinates: 50°54′56″N 1°59′48″E / 50.9155555556, 1.99666666667

Commune of Guemps

Location
Guemps (France)
Guemps
Administration
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.
France

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

Population Evolution
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999
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

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[edit] Notes