Raye-sur-Authie

Raye-sur-Authie
Raye-sur-Authie
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Raye-sur-Authie
Coordinates: 50°17′55″N 1°56′57″E / 50.2986°N 1.9492°E / 50.2986; 1.9492Coordinates: 50°17′55″N 1°56′57″E / 50.2986°N 1.9492°E / 50.2986; 1.9492
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Montreuil
Canton	Hesdin
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de l'Hesdinois
Government
• Mayor	Manuel Ferreira
Area1	5.89 km2 (2.27 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	238
• Density	40/km2 (100/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62690 / 62140
Elevation	12–101 m (39–331 ft) (avg. 16 m or 52 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.

Raye-sur-Authie is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

Raye-sur-Authie is located 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Montreuil-sur-Mer on the D119 road, on the river Authie, the border with the Somme department.

Population

Places of interest

• The church of St.Liéphard, dating from the eighteenth century.
• A windmill

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Raye-sur-Authie.

• Raye-sur-Authie on the Quid website (French)