Estrée-Blanche

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Estrée-Blanche
Estrée-Blanche (France)
Estrée-Blanche
region Hauts-de-France
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Bethune
Canton Aire-sur-la-Lys
Community association Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys novels
Coordinates 50 ° 36 ′  N , 2 ° 19 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 36 ′  N , 2 ° 19 ′  E
height 37-99 m
surface 5.32 km 2
Residents 951 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 179 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 62145
INSEE code
Website http://www.estree-blanche.fr/

Town hall (Mairie) of Estrée-Blanche

Estrée-Blanche ( Flemish : Strate ) is a French municipality with 951 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 Béthune and the canton of Aire-sur-la-Lys (until 2015: canton of Norrent-Fontes ).

geography

Estrée-Blanche is located about 23 kilometers west-northwest of Béthune . Estrée-Blanche is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Blessy in the north and northeast, Liettres in the east, Rely in the southeast, Ligny-lès-Aire in the south and Enquin-lez-Guinegatte in the west and southwest.

The A26 autoroute runs through the municipality .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 1,164 1,093 1,068 1.005 988 928 911 950
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Vaast church from the 16th century
  • Créminil Castle from the 15th century

Web links

Commons : Estrée-Blanche  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ De Nederlanden in Frankrijk, Jozef van Overstraeten, 1969