Caffiers

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Caffiers
Caffiers coat of arms
Caffiers (France)
Caffiers
region Hauts-de-France
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Calais
Canton Calais-2
Community association Pays d'Opale
Coordinates 50 ° 50 ′  N , 1 ° 54 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 50 ′  N , 1 ° 54 ′  E
height 59-138 m
surface 4.77 km 2
Residents 749 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 157 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 62132
INSEE code
Website http://www.communedecaffiers.fr/

Town Hall (Mairie) in Caffiers

Caffiers is a French municipality with 749 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

Caffiers is about 15 kilometers south of Calais . The municipality is part of the Caps et Marais d'Opale Regional Nature Park .

Caffiers is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Pihen-lès-Guînes in the north and north-west, Hames-Boucres in the north-east, Guînes in the east and north-east, Fiennes in the south and south-east, Rety in the south-west and Landrethun-le-Nord in the west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 541 524 557 562 586 623 630 739
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Éloi church from the 19th century
Saint-Éloi church

Web links

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