Arques-la-Bataille
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| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Seine-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Dieppe | |
| Canton | Dieppe-2 | |
| Community association | Region of Dieppoise | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 53 ' N , 1 ° 8' E | |
| height | 8-92 m | |
| surface | 17.34 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,583 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 149 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 76880 | |
| INSEE code | 76026 | |
| Website | http://www.ville-arques-la-bataille.fr/ | |
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Arques-la-Bataille is a commune with 2,583 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the Seine-Maritime department in the region of Normandy . Administratively it belongs to the Arrondissement Dieppe and is part of the canton Dieppe-2 (until 2015: canton Offranville ). The inhabitants are called Arquais .
geography
Arques-la-Bataille is a few kilometers south of the Alabaster Coast on the English Channel . Here the rivers Béthune , Eaulne and Varenne converge in the Arques , which flows a few kilometers north into the English Channel. Arques-la-Bataille is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Martin-Église in the north, Ancourt in the northeast, Saint-Nicolas-d'Aliermont in the east, Saint-Aubin-le-Cauf and Martigny in the southeast, Aubermesnil-Beaumais in the south, Tourville- sur-Arques in the southwest, Saint-Aubin-sur-Scie in the west and northwest and Rouxmesnil-Bouteilles in the northwest.
history
Arques was first mentioned in a document in 750. The village was given its nickname in 1882 because of the Battle of Arques from September 15 to 29, 1589. During the Huguenot Wars , the Protestant King Henry IV managed to defeat the Catholic League here despite being numerically inferior. The Cistercian Abbey of Arques was located here from 1636 to 1791 .
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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| 2,735 | 2,813 | 2,653 | 2,742 | 2,546 | 2,535 | 2,486 | 2,603 |
Attractions
- Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church built in the late Gothic style of the 16th century
- Arques-la-Bataille Castle at the confluence of the Varenne, Béthune and Eaulne rivers, built in the 12th century and a monument historique since 1875
- numerous town houses from the 15th and 16th centuries
- World War I military cemetery (mostly South African soldiers)
Personalities
- Pierre Desceliers (around 1500 - around 1558), cartographer, probably born in Arques
- Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville (1777–1850), anatomist and zoologist
