Peuplingues

Peuplingues
Peuplingues
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Peuplingues
Coordinates: 50°54′56″N 1°46′05″E / 50.9156°N 1.7681°E / 50.9156; 1.7681Coordinates: 50°54′56″N 1°46′05″E / 50.9156°N 1.7681°E / 50.9156; 1.7681
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Calais
Canton	Calais-Nord-Ouest
Intercommunality	Sud-Ouest du Calaisis
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Richard Gosse
Area1	10.43 km2 (4.03 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	622
• Density	60/km2 (150/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62654 / 62231
Elevation	11–137 m (36–449 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.

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

Geography

Peuplingues is located 5 miles (8 km) southwest of Calais, at the junction of the D243 and D243E roads, about a mile from the A16 autoroute. The French portal of the Channel Tunnel is physically located in Peuplingues.

Population

Places of interest

• The church of Notre-Dame dating from the seventeenth century.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Peuplingues.

• Peuplingues on the Quid website (French)