Les Attaques

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Coordinates: 50°54′28″N 1°56′05″E / 50.9077777778, 1.93472222222

Commune of Les Attaques
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Calais
Canton	Calais-Centre
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Sud-Ouest du Calaisis
Mayor	Jacques Rivenet (2008-2014)
Statistics
Elevation	0 m–6 m (avg. 3 m)
Land area¹	20,81 km²
Population² (1999)	1821
- Density	87/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62043/ 62730
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.

Les Attaques is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

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

[edit] Geography

A large farming and light industrial village located 4 miles (6km) southeast of Calais, at the junction of the N43 and D248 roads. Both the A26 ‘autoroute des Anglaises’ and the Calais-St.Omer canal pass through the commune.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
1773	1790	1775	1878	1887	1821
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

• The church of St. Pierre, dating from the 19th century.
• The 19th century chateau Brûlé.
• Vestiges of a Capuchin abbey.

[edit] See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

[edit] External links

• Les Attaques official website (French)
• Website of the football club of Les Attaques (French)
• Les Attaques on the Insee website (French)
• Les Attaques on the Quid website (French)

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on May 28th 2008.