Hames-Boucres

Hames-Boucres
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Calais
Canton	Calais-1
Community association	Calaisis
Coordinates	50 ° 53 '  N , 1 ° 51'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 53 '  N , 1 ° 51'  E
height	0-86 m
surface	12.82 km 2
Residents	1,469 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	115 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	62340
INSEE code	62408
Website	http://www.hames-boucres.fr/
Mairie in Hames-Boucres

Hames-Boucres (NDL .: "Hames" and "Bokerdes") is a French municipality with 1469 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-1 (until 2015: canton of Guînes ).

geography

Hames-Boucres is about eight kilometers south of Calais . Hames-Boucres is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Tricat , Nielles-lès-Calais , Fréthun and Coquelles in the north and north-west, Coulogne in the north-east, Les Attaques in the east, Guînes in the south and south-east, Caffiers in the south and south-west and Pihen-lès -Guînes in the west and southwest.

history

In 1819 the previously independent communes of Hames and Boucres were merged.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
Residents	796	851	964	1,047	1,017	1.106	1,291	1,460
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

• Saint Martin Church
• Chapel of Sainte-Victoire
• Hames Castle
• Thélu Castle
• Hermitage Palace

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  Saint Martin Church

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  Hames Castle

Web links

Commons : Hames-Boucres  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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