Acquin-Westbécourt

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Acquin-Westbécourt
Coat of arms of Acquin-Westbécourt
Acquin-Westbécourt (France)
Acquin-Westbécourt
region Hauts-de-France
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Saint-Omer
Canton Lumbres
Community association Pays de Lumbres
Coordinates 50 ° 44 '  N , 2 ° 5'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 44 '  N , 2 ° 5'  E
height 60-178 m
surface 14.29 km 2
Residents 833 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 58 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 62380
INSEE code
Website http://pagesperso-orange.fr/acquin-westbecourt

Town hall (Mairie) of Acquin-Westbécourt

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Acquin-Westbécourt (Dutch Akkin-Westboekhout ) is a French municipality with 833 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Pas-de-Calais in the region of Hauts-de-France (formerly Nord-Pas-de-Calais ). It belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Omer and the canton of Lumbres .

geography

Acquin-Westbécourt is located about nine kilometers west of Saint-Omer in the Caps et Marais d'Opale Regional Nature Park . Neighboring communities of Acquin-Westbécourt are Tournehem-sur-la-Hem in the north, Mentque-Nortbécourt , Moringhem and Boisdinghem in the north and northeast, Quelmes in the east, Lumbres in the southeast, Bayenghem-lès-Seninghem in the south, Seninghem in the southwest, Bouvelinghem in the West as well as cross camps in the northwest.

history

In 1974 the two previously independent municipalities of Acquin and Westbécourt were merged.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 578 568 571 559 617 625 647 742
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Pétronille church from the 16th century, monument historique
  • Saint-Éloi church
  • Nature reserve with the Acquin-Westbécourt caves

Web links

Commons : Acquin-Westbécourt  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ De Nederlanden in Frankrijk, Jozef van Overstraeten, 1969