Airon-Saint-Vaast

Airon-Saint-Vaast
Coat of arms
Airon-Saint-Vaast
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Airon-Saint-Vaast
Coordinates: 50°25′56″N 1°40′05″E / 50.4322°N 1.6681°E / 50.4322; 1.6681Coordinates: 50°25′56″N 1°40′05″E / 50.4322°N 1.6681°E / 50.4322; 1.6681
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Montreuil-sur-Mer
Canton	Berck
Intercommunality	Opale Sud
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Sébastien Béthouart
Area1	5.92 km2 (2.29 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	206
• Density	35/km2 (90/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62016 / 62180
Elevation	4–52 m (13–171 ft) (avg. 8 m or 26 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.

Airon-Saint-Vaast is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.

Geography

A small village situated some 19 miles (30 km) south of Boulogne-sur-Mer, on the D143E1 road

Population

Sights

• The church, built in 1877, in Neo-Gothic style.
• The chapel de Bavemont, built in 1809. This is where Saint Josse is said to have restored the sight of a little girl (Juliule), on his return from a pilgrimage to Rome in 665. In memory of this, a pilgrimage takes place at Whitsuntide.
• The chateau and its park.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Airon-Saint-Vaast.

• Airon-Saint-Vaast on the Quid website (French)