Saint-Léonard, Pas-de-Calais

Saint-Léonard
Saint-Léonard
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Saint-Léonard
Coordinates: 50°41′28″N 1°37′31″E / 50.6911°N 1.6253°E / 50.6911; 1.6253Coordinates: 50°41′28″N 1°37′31″E / 50.6911°N 1.6253°E / 50.6911; 1.6253
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Samer
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération du Boulonnais
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Loup Lesaffre
Area1	3.4 km2 (1.3 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	3,725
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62755 / 62360
Elevation	2–110 m (6.6–360.9 ft) (avg. 7 m or 23 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.

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

Geography

Saint-Léonard is a farming and light industrial town, situated some 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Boulogne, at the junction of the D901 and D940 roads. The A16 autoroute forms the eastern border of the commune and the river Liane the western.

Population

Places of interest

• The church of St.Léonard, dating from the eleventh century.
• The modern church of St.Therése
• The Château de Pont-de-Briques, dating from the seventeenth century.
• The nineteenth century Château Neuf.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saint-Léonard (Pas-de-Calais).

• Official website of the commune of Saint-Léonard (French)
• Saint-Léonard on the Quid website (French)