Condette

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Condette
Ruins of the château d'Hardelot

Coat of arms
Condette
Coordinates: 50°39′18″N 1°38′03″E / 50.655°N 1.6342°E / 50.655; 1.6342Coordinates: 50°39′18″N 1°38′03″E / 50.655°N 1.6342°E / 50.655; 1.6342
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton Samer
Intercommunality Communauté d'agglomération du Boulonnais
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Kaddour-Jean Derrar
Area
  Land1 16.26 km2 (6.28 sq mi)
Population (1999)
  Population2 2,675
  Population2 Density 160/km2 (430/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 62235 / 62360
Elevation 6–106 m (20–348 ft)
(avg. 35 m or 115 ft)

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.

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

Geography

A large farming, forestry and tourist village, some 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Boulogne, at the junction of the D240 and the D940 roads. The river Liane forms the northeast commune border and the A16 autoroute passes through the commune.

Population

Historical population of Condette
Year196219681975198219901999
Population142016111869208423922675
From the year 1962 on: No double countingresidents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

  • The church of St.Martin, dating from the fifteenth century.
  • The thirteenth-century chateau d’Hardelot.
  • The manorhouse of the Grand Moulin.

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