Blangy-sur-Ternoise

Blangy-sur-Ternoise
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Montreuil
Canton	Auxi-le-Château
Community association	Sept Vallées
Coordinates	50 ° 25 ′  N , 2 ° 10 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 25 ′  N , 2 ° 10 ′  E
height	37-129 m
surface	11.61 km 2
Residents	720 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	62 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	62770
INSEE code	62138
Website	http://www.blangy-sur-ternoise.com/

Blangy-sur-Ternoise is a French municipality with 720 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 ). Blangy-sur-Ternoise is a member of the Sept Vallées municipal association founded in 2014 . The inhabitants are called Blangiacquois .

geography

Blangy-sur-Ternoise is located about 46 kilometers west-northwest of Arras in the historic province of Artois am Ternoise . Blangy-sur-Ternoise is surrounded by the neighboring communities Maisoncelle in the north and north-west, Tilly-Capelle in the north and east, Humerœuille in the east and south-east, Éclimeux in the south, Blingel in the south-west, Rollancourt in the west and south-west and Béalencourt in the north-west.

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
728	750	677	727	747	756	748	744
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

• Saint-Gilles Church
• Sainte-Berthe Monastery, probably founded around 686, later the Benedictine monastery

Saint-Gilles Church

Personalities

• Bertha von Blangy (middle of the 7th century – 725), noblewoman, founder and first abbess (and namesake) of the Sainte-Berthe monastery

Web links

Commons : Blangy-sur-Ternoise  - collection of images, videos and audio files