La Loge

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La Loge
La Loge
Coordinates: 50°24′28″N 2°02′03″E / 50.4078°N 2.0342°E / 50.4078; 2.0342Coordinates: 50°24′28″N 2°02′03″E / 50.4078°N 2.0342°E / 50.4078; 2.0342
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Montreuil
Canton Hesdin
Intercommunality Communauté de communes de l'Hesdinois
Government
 • Mayor (2001–2008) Roger Thuau
Area
 • Land1 0.6 km2 (0.2 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 • Population2 193
 • Population2 Density 320/km2 (830/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 62521 / 62140
Elevation 100–116 m (328–381 ft)
(avg. 108 m or 354 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.

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

Geography

La Loge is situated some 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Montreuil-sur-Mer on the D108 road and at the edge of the forest of Hesdin.

History

La Loge was created as the hunting lodge for the Dukes of Burgundy and the Counts of Artois. In 1944-45, the village was bombed by the Allies, destroying the German V1 launch-pads.

Population

Historical population of La Loge
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population138171169159181185193
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 seventeenth century church of the Nativité-de-Notre-Dame.
  • A chapel dating from the seventeenth century.

See also

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