Courset
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| Courset | ||
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  Courset | ||
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Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Courset | ||
| Coordinates: 50°38′49″N 1°50′32″E / 50.6469°N 1.8422°ECoordinates: 50°38′49″N 1°50′32″E / 50.6469°N 1.8422°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais | |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
| Arrondissement | Boulogne-sur-Mer | |
| Canton | Desvres | |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du Pays de la Faïence de Desvres | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Marc Denavaut | |
| Area | ||
| • Land1 | 10.24 km2 (3.95 sq mi) | |
| Population (1999) | ||
| • Population2 | 396 | |
| • Population2 Density | 39/km2 (100/sq mi) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62251 / 62240 | |
| Elevation |
121–209 m (397–686 ft) (avg. 118 m or 387 ft) | |
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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. | ||
Courset is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.
Geography
A farming and forestry village, some 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Boulogne, on the D127 road.
Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 |
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| Population | 321 | 328 | 363 | 334 | 365 | 396 |
| From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. | ||||||
Places of interest
- The church of St. Maurice, dating from the sixteenth century.
- The nineteenth-century chateau de Courset.
- The seventeenth-century manorhouse of la Gaverie.
- Remains of an old castle.
See also
References
External links
- Courset on the Quid website (French)
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