Outreau

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Coordinates: 50°42′16″N 1°35′41″E / 50.7044444444, 1.59472222222

Commune of Outreau

Location
Outreau (France)
Outreau
Administration
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.
France

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