Longuenesse

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Coordinates: 50°44′11″N 2°14′18″E / 50.7363888889, 2.23833333333

Commune of Longuenesse
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Saint-Omer-Sud
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération de Saint-Omer
Mayor	Jean-Marie Barbier
Statistics
Elevation	3 m–79 m (avg. 75 m)
Land area¹	8,4 km²
Population² (1999)	12 518
- Density	1490/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62525/ 62219
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.

Longuenesse 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 Twinned with 5 See also 6 External links 7 Notes

[edit] Geography

A large suburb of Saint-Omer, one mile southwest of the centre, on the D208 road.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
3,623	4,794	9,397	11,970	12,604	12,518
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

• The church of St.Quentin, dating from the 19th century.
• An old abbey hostel.
• The fountain of Saint-Quentin.
• Vestiges of a monastery founded in 1298.

[edit] Twinned with

Vedrin, in Belgium

[edit] See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

[edit] External links

• Longuenesse on the Insee website (French)
• Longuenesse on the Quid website (French)

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on May 14th 2008.