Estrée-Blanche

Estrée-Blanche

Estrée-Blanche
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Estrée-Blanche
Coordinates: 50°35′38″N 2°19′19″E / 50.5939°N 2.3219°E / 50.5939; 2.3219Coordinates: 50°35′38″N 2°19′19″E / 50.5939°N 2.3219°E / 50.5939; 2.3219
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Norrent-Fontes
Intercommunality	Artois Flandres
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Bernard Delétré
Area¹	5.32 km² (2.05 sq mi)
Population (1999)²	928
• Density	170/km² (450/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62313 / 62145
Elevation	37–99 m (121–325 ft) (avg. 43 m or 141 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.

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

History

Indian Cavalry were stationed at Estrée-Blanche during the First World War

Geography

The miners’ houses in the village

A farming village some 12 miles (19.3 km) to the northwest of Béthune and 30 miles (48.3 km) west of Lille, at the junction of the D341, D186 and the D159 roads. The small rivers Surgeon and Laquette converge at the commune.

Estrée-Blanche is found at the extreme edge of the coal-mining area of Nord-Pas-de-Calais. Part of its surface area was owned by the mining company, which ceased in the 1960s. All that remains of that era are some typical miners' houses.

Population

Historical population of Estrée-Blanche
Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	1022	1093	1068	1005	988	928
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

The church of St.Vaast, dating from the sixteenth century.
The fifteenth-century chateau de Crémenil, built by the Le May family in 1443

The château from the west
The rear courtyard
The towers and drawbridge
The château entrance

References

INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Estrée-Blanche.

Estrée-Blanche on the Quid website (French)

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

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