Montreuil, Pas-de-Calais

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Coordinates: 50°27′53″N 1°45′47″E / 50.464826, 1.763005

Administration
Commune of Montreuil
Location

Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas de Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais (sous-préfecture)
Arrondissement	Montreuil
Canton	Montreuil (chief town)
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Montreuillois
Mayor	Bernard Pion
Statistics
Elevation	2–43
Land area^¹	2.85 km²
Population^² (1999)	2,688
- Density	943/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62588/ 62170
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.

Montreuil (often referred to as Montreuil-sur-Mer) is a sous-préfecture of northern France, in the département of Pas-de-Calais. It is located on the Canche river, not far from Étaples. The Mer (French for "Sea"), however, is now some distance away.

1 Sights
2 Demographics
3 Literature
4 Twinned Cities
5 External links

[edit] Sights

It is surrounded by medieval ramparts, part of the reinforcement work of the famed French military engineer Vauban from his fortification of Northern France in the 17th Century.

[edit] Demographics

Population (1999): 2,688 inhabitants for the city, 21,603 inhabitants for the canton and 99,288 inhabitants for the arrondissement.

[edit] Literature

Montreuil was the setting for much of the early part of Victor Hugo's novel Les Misérables. The novel's protagonist, Jean Valjean, served as mayor of the city, and also owned a large factory. The city was the setting for much of the early conflict between Valjean and the novel's anti-villain, Javert. It was also Fantine's hometown.