Blendecques
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Omer | |
| Canton | Longuenesse | |
| Community association | Pays de Saint-Omer | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 43 ′ N , 2 ° 17 ′ E | |
| height | 7-93 m | |
| surface | 9.56 km 2 | |
| Residents | 5,002 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 523 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 62575 | |
| INSEE code | 62139 | |
 town hall of Blendecques |
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Blendecques ( Dutch : Blendeke ) is a French municipality with 5002 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Pas-de-Calais and in the region of Hauts-de-France . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Omer and is part of the canton of Longuenesse .
geography
Blendecques lies on the river Aa . The municipality is part of the Caps et Marais d'Opale Regional Nature Park .
Blendecques is surrounded by the neighboring communities Longuenesse in the north and north-west, Arques in the north-east and east, Campagne-lès-Wardrecques in the east, Heuringhem in the south-east, Helfaut in the south-west and Wizernes in the west.
history
On the Aa, the Cistercians founded the Sainte-Colombe Abbey in 1186 after Ghislon d'Aire wanted to found a monastery here in 1182.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | |
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| 3,943 | 4,431 | 5,014 | 5,338 | 5,210 | 5,186 | 5,087 | 5,196 | |
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Personalities
- Alfred Machin (1877–1929), film director
Attractions
- Cistercian monastery of Sainte-Colombe (partly only ruins) from the 12th century with the neo-Gothic church built from 1858 to 1870, monument historique since 1982
- Saint-Gilles church from the 19th century
- Soyecques Chapel
- Watermills
- Château du Westhove
- Château de La Garenne
- Remains of a lime kiln by the river
