Raye-sur-Authie

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Coordinates: 50°17′55″N 1°56′57″E / 50.2986111111, 1.94916666667

Commune of Raye-sur-Authie
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	Manuel Ferreira
Statistics
Elevation	12 m–101 m (avg. 16 m)
Land area¹	5,89 km²
Population² (1999)	255
- Density	43/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62690/ 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.

Raye-sur-Authie 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 located 15 miles (24km) southeast of Montreuil-sur-Mer on the D119 road, on the river Authie, the border with the Somme departement.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
323	336	317	271	259	255
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

• The church of St.Liéphard, dating from the 18th century.
• A windmill

[edit] See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

[edit] External links

• Raye-sur-Authie on the Insee website (French)
• Raye-sur-Authie on the Quid website (French)

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on April 28th 2008.