Outreau
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
|
Commune of Outreau |
|
| Location | |
  |
|
| Administration | |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Boulogne-sur-Mer |
| Canton | Outreau |
| Intercommunality | Communauté d'agglomération du Boulonnais |
| Mayor | Thérèse Guilbert (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 2 m–96 m (avg. 55 m) |
| Land area¹ | 7.09 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
15,222 |
| - Density | 2,147/km² (1999) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62643/ 62230 |
| 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. | |
 |
|
Outreau is a commune and the chief town of a canton of northern France, in the Pas-de-Calais département, arrondissement of Boulogne-sur-Mer. It belongs to the Communauté d'agglomération du Boulonnais, which gathers 22 communes. It is the most populous suburb of the city of Boulogne-sur-Mer, and is located adjacent to the city's south side, across the Liane River and inland from the English Channel.
Population (1999): 15,222 inhabitants for the commune and 18,156 inhabitants for the canton.
Now famous in France for the Outreau trial.
[edit] External links
- Official website (French)
- Communauté d'Agglomération de Boulogne-Côte-d'Opale (French)
 |
This Pas-de-Calais geographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
