Estrée-Cauchy

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Estrée-Cauchy

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Estrée-Cauchy
Coordinates: 50°23′55″N 2°36′37″E / 50.3986°N 2.6103°E / 50.3986; 2.6103Coordinates: 50°23′55″N 2°36′37″E / 50.3986°N 2.6103°E / 50.3986; 2.6103
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Béthune
Canton Houdain
Intercommunality Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Colette Buirette
Area
  Land1 3.89 km2 (1.50 sq mi)
Population (1999)
  Population2 321
  Population2 Density 83/km2 (210/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 62314 / 62690
Elevation 118–171 m (387–561 ft)
(avg. 159 m or 522 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.

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

Geography

A farming village some 12 miles (19.3 km) to the northwest of Arras and 11 miles (17.7 km) south of Béthune, on the D341 road.

Population

Historical population of Estrée-Cauchy
Year196219681975198219901999
Population206276288309320321
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.Pierre, dating from the sixteenth century.
  • The ruins of a fifteenth-century chateau.

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