Mentque-Nortbécourt

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Coordinates: 50°47′01″N 2°05′06″E / 50.7836111111, 2.085

Administration
Commune of Mentque-Nortbécourt
Location

Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Ardres
Intercommunality	Communauté de Communes de la Région d’Ardres et de la Vallée de la Hem
Mayor	Jean-Marie Beclin
Statistics
Elevation	53 m–163 m (avg. 85 m)
Land area^¹	10,78 km²
Population^² (1999)	449
- Density	41/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62567/ 62890
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.

Mentque-Nortbécourt 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 farming commune some 8 miles (13km) northwest of Saint-Omer, at the junction of the D221 and D220 roads. The two villages were joined as one commune in 1819.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution
1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
448	450	404	426	446	449
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

The 18th century windmill of M.Lebriez

The Nortbécourt or Lebriez windmill was built on limestone rubble foundations in 1714, according to an inscription on a stone inside the tower. In 1897, it became the property of Alphonse Lebriez, who was the miller until the cessation of activity in 1950. In 1964, Michel Hoyez bought the mill and saved it from ruin. It has been included in the inventory of Historic Monuments since 1977. The sails were rebuilt in December 1981 but remain fixed and cannot rotate. One of them was hit by lightning. In 1999, metal sails were assembled.