Groffliers

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Coordinates: 50°23′08″N 1°37′01″E / 50.3855555556, 1.61694444444

Commune of Groffliers
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Montreuil
Canton	Berck
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes Opale Sud
Mayor	Alain Leclercq
Statistics
Elevation	0 m–33 m (avg. 6 m)
Land area¹	8,09 km²
Population² (1999)	1422
- Density	175/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62390/ 62600
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.

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

Contents 1 Geography 2 Population 3 Places of interest 4 See also 5 External links 6 Notes

[edit] Geography

A village situated on the coast at the bay of the Authie, some 8 miles (13km) southwest of Montreuil-sur-Mer on the D940 road. It was hit by a tidal wave in 1745.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
467	477	673	980	1324	1422
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

• Church of St. Martin, dating from the 12th century.

[edit] See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

[edit] External links

• Groffliers on the Insee website (French)
• Groffliers on the Quid website (French)

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on April 22nd 2008.