Selles, Pas-de-Calais

Selles
Coat of arms
Selles
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Selles
Coordinates: 50°42′01″N 1°53′47″E / 50.7003°N 1.8964°E / 50.7003; 1.8964Coordinates: 50°42′01″N 1°53′47″E / 50.7003°N 1.8964°E / 50.7003; 1.8964
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Desvres
Intercommunality	Pays de la Faïence de Desvres
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Julien Richard
Area1	6.35 km2 (2.45 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	327
• Density	51/km2 (130/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62786 / 62240
Elevation	47–96 m (154–315 ft) (avg. 74 m or 243 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.

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

Geography

Selles is situated some 14 miles (23 km) east of Boulogne, at the junction of the D215 and D254 roads, by the banks of the Liane river.

Population

Places of interest

• The church of St. Martin, dating from the twelfth century.
• A feudal motte.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

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

• Selles on the Quid website (French)