Acquin-Westbécourt

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Coordinates: 50°43′41″N 2°05′24″E / 50.7280555556, 2.09

Commune of Acquin-Westbécourt
Location
Acquin-Westbécourt (France)
Acquin-Westbécourt
Administration
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Saint-Omer
Canton Lumbres
Intercommunality Communauté de communes du Pays de Lumbres
Mayor Hubert Maillot
Statistics
Elevation 60 m–178 m
(avg. 80 m)
Land area¹ 14,29 km²
Population²
(1999)		 625
 - Density 43/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 62008/ 62380
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Acquin-Westbécourt is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

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[edit] Geography

A village, located 9 miles (15km) west of Saint-Omer, at the D225 and D208 crossroads. Seven hamlets are found within the commune: Le val d'Acquin, Lauwerdal, Nordal, Le Poovre, Westbécourt, Merzoil et and La Wattine. A large regional nature reserve has been created in the area, of great ecological interest.[1]

[edit] History

First mentioned by the name of "Atcona" in the 10th century. Acquin and Westbécourt were joined as a single commune on the 1st of January 1974.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999
626 639 571 559 617 625
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

[edit] See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

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[edit] Notes

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