Guemps

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Coordinates: 50°54′56″N 1°59′48″E / 50.9155555556, 1.99666666667

Commune of Guemps
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Audruicq
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de la Région d'Audruicq
Mayor	Michel Cousin
Statistics
Elevation	1 m–5 m (avg. 3 m)
Land area¹	15,89 km²
Population² (1999)	882
- Density	55/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62393/ 62370
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.

Guemps 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 farming village situated 5 miles (8km) southeast of Calais, at the D229 and D32 crossroads.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
739	797	768	808	858	882
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

• The church of St.John the Baptist, dating from the 15th century.
• The windmills, used to pump water from the marshland.

[edit] See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

[edit] External links

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

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on May 10th 2008.