Le Ponchel
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Le Ponchel | |
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Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region ![]() ![]() Le Ponchel | |
Coordinates: 50°15′28″N 2°04′30″E / 50.2578°N 2.075°ECoordinates: 50°15′28″N 2°04′30″E / 50.2578°N 2.075°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
Department | Pas-de-Calais |
Arrondissement | Arras |
Canton | Auxi-le-Château |
Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de l'Auxillois |
Government | |
• Mayor (2008–2014) | Jacqueline Dewarumetz |
Area | |
• Land1 | 4.68 km2 (1.81 sq mi) |
Population (2006) | |
• Population2 | 232 |
• Population2 Density | 50/km2 (130/sq mi) |
INSEE/Postal code | 62665 / 62390 |
Elevation |
22–116 m (72–381 ft) (avg. 27 m or 89 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. |
Le Ponchel is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.
Geography
Le Ponchel is situated 34 miles (55 km) west of Arras, at the junction of the D121 and the D119 roads, on the banks of the Authie river, the border with the department of the Somme.
Population
Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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Population | 221 | 230 | 192 | 193 | 210 | 213 | 232 |
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.Jean, dating from the eighteenth century.
- An eighteenth-century watermill.
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