Outreau
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Commune of Outreau |
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Location | |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
Department | Pas-de-Calais |
Arrondissement | Boulogne-sur-Mer |
Canton | Outreau |
Intercommunality | Communauté d'agglomération du Boulonnais |
Mayor | Thérèse Guilbert (2001-2008) |
Statistics | |
Elevation | 2 m–96 m (avg. 55 m) |
Land area¹ | 7.09 km² |
Population² (1999) |
15,222 |
- Density | 2,147/km² (1999) |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 62643/ 62230 |
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. | |
Outreau is a commune and the chief town of a canton of northern France, in the Pas-de-Calais département, arrondissement of Boulogne-sur-Mer. It belongs to the Communauté d'agglomération du Boulonnais, which gathers 22 communes. It is the most populous suburb of the city of Boulogne-sur-Mer, and is located adjacent to the city's south side, across the Liane River and inland from the English Channel.
Population (1999): 15,222 inhabitants for the commune and 18,156 inhabitants for the canton.
Now famous in France for the Outreau trial.
[edit] External links
- Official website (French)
- Communauté d'Agglomération de Boulogne-Côte-d'Opale (French)