Cauchy-à-la-Tour

Cauchy-à-la-Tour
Cauchy-à-la-Tour

Coordinates: 50°30′16″N 2°27′09″E / 50.5044°N 2.4525°ECoordinates: 50°30′16″N 2°27′09″E / 50.5044°N 2.4525°E
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Béthune
Canton Auchel
Intercommunality Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Eugène Fontaine (PCF)
Area1 3.13 km2 (1.21 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 2,856
  Density 910/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 62217 / 62260
Elevation 82–116 m (269–381 ft)
(avg. 115 m or 377 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.

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

Geography

A farming and ex-coalmining village some 10 miles (16.1 km) southwest of Béthune and 30 miles (48.3 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D183 and the D341 roads.

Population

Historical population of Cauchy-à-la-Tour
Year196219681975198219901999
Population298129972696271229072856
From the year 1962 on: No double countingresidents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

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