Hames-Boucres
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region | Hauts-de-France | |
Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
Arrondissement | Calais | |
Canton | Calais-1 | |
Community association | Calaisis | |
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 |
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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
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ De Nederlanden in Frankrijk, Jozef van Overstraeten, 1969