Nielles-lès-Bléquin

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Coordinates: 50°40′30″N 2°01′58″E / 50.675, 2.03277777778

Commune of Nielles-lès-Bléquin
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Lumbres
Intercommunality	Communauté de Communes du Pays de Lumbres
Mayor	Francis Ducrocq
Statistics
Elevation	67 m–203 m (avg. 125 m)
Land area¹	12,72 km²
Population² (1999)	795
- Density	62/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62613/ 62380
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.

Nielles-lès-Bléquin 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 farming village some 12 miles (19km) southwest of Saint-Omer, at the junction of the D191 and D202 roads, on the banks of the small river Bléquin.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
759	780	714	755	760	795
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

• The church of St. Martin, dating from the 13th century.

[edit] See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

[edit] External links

• Nielles-lès-Bléquin on the Insee website (French)
• Nielles-lès-Bléquin on the Quid website (French)

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on May 16th 2008.