Auchy-lès-Hesdin
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
| Arrondissement | Montreuil | |
| Canton | Auxi-le-Château | |
| Community association | Sept Vallées | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 24 ' N , 2 ° 6' E | |
| height | 30-122 m | |
| surface | 9.61 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,571 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 163 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 62770 | |
| INSEE code | 62050 | |
| Website | http://www.ville-auchyleshesdin.fr/ | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Auchy-lès-Hesdin |
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Auchy-lès-Hesdin is a French commune with 1,571 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the Pas-de-Calais in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the arrondissement of Montreuil and the canton of Auxi-le-Château (until 2015: canton Le Parcq ). Auchy-lès-Hesdin is a member of the Sept Vallées municipal association founded in 2014 . The residents call themselves Alciaquois .
geography
Auchy-lès-Hesdin is located between Arras and the English Channel in the historic province of Artois on the Ternoise . Auchy-lès-Hesdin is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Fressin in the north and north-west, Azincourt in the north, Béalencourt in the north-east, Rollancourt in the east, Vieil-Hesdin in the south, Le Parcq in the west and south-west and Wamin in the west and north-west.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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| 1,725 | 1,815 | 1,944 | 1,814 | 1,720 | 1,759 | 1,728 | 1,663 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||
Attractions
- Saint-Georges church, historic monument since 1926
- Benedictine monastery in Auchy, founded by Silvin of Toulouse around 700 , destroyed by the Normans in 1072
- Blanc et La Filature Castle
Saint-Georges church
Blanc et La Filature Castle
