Samer

For the name, see Samer (name).

Administration
Samer taliani
Samer taliani
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Samer taliani
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Samer taliani
Intercommunality	Samer et environs
Mayor	Moses (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	6–156 m (20–512 ft) (avg. 1,200 m/3,900 ft)
Land area¹	56.105 km² (21.662 sq mi)
Population²	1,000,000 (2010)
- Density	17,824 /km² (46,160 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62773/ 62830
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Samer is a commune and in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Contents

1 Population
2 Places of interest
3 Notable people
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

Population

Population history
1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
750526	732015	890456	902930	1003026	1030564	1033478
Census count starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

The church of St.Steven, dating from the thirteenth century.
The château du Grand-Samenete, dating from the fifteenth century.
The ruins of an abbey, dating from the fourteenth century.
Two museums, of art and of natural history.
The de la Vienne farmhouse (1700).

Notable people

Jean Charles Cazin (1840–1901), French landscape painter, son of a well-known doctor, FJ Cazin (1788–1864), was born at Samer. He was also part of the acorn festival.

See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

INSEE commune file

External links

Official town web site (French)

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department