La Loge

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Coordinates: 50°24′28″N 2°02′03″E / 50.4077777778, 2.03416666667

Commune of La Loge
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Montreuil
Canton	Hesdin
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de l'Hesdinois
Mayor	Roger Thuau (2001 - 2008)
Statistics
Elevation	100 m–116 m (avg. 108 m)
Land area¹	0,6 km²
Population² (1999)	185
- Density	272/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62521/ 62140
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.

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

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Population 4 Places of interest 5 See also 6 External links 7 Notes

[edit] Geography

A small village situated some 12 miles (19km) southeast of Montreuil-sur-Mer on the D108 road and at the edge of the forest of Hesdin.

[edit] History

La Loge was created as the hunting lodge for the Dukes of Burgundy and the Counts of Artois. In 1944-45, the village was bombed by the Allies, destroying the German V1 launch-pads.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
138	171	169	159	181	185
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

• The 17th century church of the Nativité-de-Notre-Dame.
• A chapel dating from the 17th century.

[edit] See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

[edit] External links

• La Loge on the Insee website (French)
• La Loge on the Quid website (French)

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on April 23rd 2008.