Nielles-lès-Ardres

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Coordinates: 50°50′33″N 2°01′02″E / 50.8425, 2.01722222222

Commune of Nielles-lès-Ardres
Location
Nielles-lès-Ardres (France)
Nielles-lès-Ardres
Administration
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Saint-Omer
Canton Ardres
Intercommunality Communauté de communes de la Région d'Ardres et de la Vallée de la Hem
Mayor Jacques Henard
Statistics
Elevation 1 m–29 m
(avg. 9 m)
Land area¹ 4,48 km²
Population²
(1999)		 444
 - Density 99/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 62614/ 62610
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

Nielles-lès-Ardres 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 farming village some 14 miles (22km) northwest of Saint-Omer, on the D225E road.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999
229 261 282 344 383 444
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

  • The church of St. Pierre, dating from the year 1200.
  • Ruins of the château de la Montoire, destroyed by the duc de Vendôme in 1542.
  • Château de la Cressonnerie, built between 1808/1812.
  • The 17th century ‘Le Colombier’, an enormous round tower.

[edit] See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

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[edit] Notes

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