Wanquetin

Wanquetin
Wanquetin
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Wanquetin
Coordinates: 50°16′36″N 2°36′57″E / 50.2767°N 2.6158°E / 50.2767; 2.6158Coordinates: 50°16′36″N 2°36′57″E / 50.2767°N 2.6158°E / 50.2767; 2.6158
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Beaumetz-lès-Loges
Intercommunality	Val de Gy
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Hanot
Area1	10.18 km2 (3.93 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	695
• Density	68/km2 (180/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62874 / 62123
Elevation	82–141 m (269–463 ft) (avg. 91 m or 299 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.

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

Geography

Wanquetin is situated some 7.5 miles (12.1 km) west of Arras, at the junction of the D59 and the D7 roads.

Population

Places of interest

• The church of St. Martin, dating from the eighteenth century
• A nineteenth-century Protestant church
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wanquetin.

• The CWGC communal cemetery
• The CWGC communal cemetery extension
• Website of the Communauté de Communes du Val du Gy (French)
• Wanquetin on the Quid website (French)