Nordausques

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Nordausques
Nordausques
Coordinates: 50°49′06″N 2°04′57″E / 50.8183°N 2.0825°E / 50.8183; 2.0825Coordinates: 50°49′06″N 2°04′57″E / 50.8183°N 2.0825°E / 50.8183; 2.0825
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Saint-Omer
Canton Ardres
Intercommunality Région d'Ardres et de la Vallée de la Hem
Government
  Mayor Jean-Michel Marcotte
Area
  Land1 5.94 km2 (2.29 sq mi)
Population (2006)
  Population2 825
  Population2 Density 140/km2 (360/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 62618 / 62890
Elevation 12–98 m (39–322 ft)
(avg. 85 m or 279 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.

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

Geography

Nordqusques lies about 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Saint-Omer, at the junction of the N43, the D191 and the D218 roads, half a mile from junction 2 of the A26 autoroute, on the banks of the small river Hem.

Population

Population history
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
429 434 514 527 588 633 825
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

  • The church of St. Martin, dating from the nineteenth century.
  • The manor house at Welle, dating from the sixteenth century.

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