Écoust-Saint-Mein

Écoust-Saint-Mein
Commune
The church of Écoust-Saint-Mein
Coat of arms
Écoust-Saint-Mein
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Écoust-Saint-Mein
Coordinates: 50°10′57″N 2°54′39″E / 50.1825°N 2.9108°E / 50.1825; 2.9108Coordinates: 50°10′57″N 2°54′39″E / 50.1825°N 2.9108°E / 50.1825; 2.9108
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Bapaume
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Sud Arrageois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Yves Ledieu
Area1	8.43 km2 (3.25 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	429
• Density	51/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	62285 /62128
Elevation	84–117 m (276–384 ft) (avg. 97 m or 318 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.

Écoust-Saint-Mein is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

A farming village situated 10 miles (16.1 km) southeast of Arras at the junction of the D956 and D5 roads.

Population

Places of interest

• The church of St.Mein, dating from the sixteenth century.
• Traces of an old castle.
• World War I cemeteries.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Écoust-Saint-Mein.

• The CWGC British cemetery
• The CWGC Military cemetery
• The H.A.C cemetery
• Écoust-Saint-Mein on the Quid website (in French)