Andres (Pas-de-Calais)

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Andres
Andres coat of arms
Andres (France)
Andres
region Hauts-de-France
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Calais
Canton Calais-2
Community association Pays d'Opale
Coordinates 50 ° 52 ′  N , 1 ° 55 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 52 ′  N , 1 ° 55 ′  E
height 1-34 m
surface 7.15 km 2
Residents 1,564 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 219 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 62340
INSEE code

Town hall (Mairie) in Andres

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Andres ( Flemish : "Anderne") is a French municipality with 1564 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Pas-de-Calais in the region of Hauts-de-France ; it belongs to the Arrondissement of Calais and the canton of Calais-2 (until 2015: canton of Guînes ).

geography

Andres is about 14 kilometers south-southeast of Calais . The place is located in the Regional Natural Park of Caps et Marais d'Opale . Andres is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Les Attaques in the north, Balinghem in the east and south-east, Campagne-lès-Guines in the south and south-west and Guînes in the west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 784 759 697 1.007 1,396 1,445 1,499 1,538
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Médard Benedictine monastery, founded in 1080
  • Saint-Jean-Baptiste church, originally from the 12th century, today's building from the 18th century
  • old windmill
Saint-Jean-Baptiste church

Web links

Commons : Andres  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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