Helfaut

Helfaut
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Longuenesse
Community association	Pays de Saint-Omer
Coordinates	50 ° 42 ′ N , 2 ° 15 ′ E Coordinates: 50 ° 42 ′ N , 2 ° 15 ′ E
height	23-95 m
surface	8.92 km 2
Residents	1,697 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	190 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	62570
INSEE code	62423
Website	http://www.commune-helfaut.fr/
	; Town hall (Mairie) and school of Helfaut

Helfaut ( Dutch : Helveld ) is a French municipality with 1697 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Pas-de-Calais and the region Nord-Pas-de-Calais . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement Saint-Omer and is part of the canton Longuenesse (until 2015: canton Arques ). The inhabitants are called Helfalois .

geography

Helfaut is about 39 kilometers southeast of Calais . The municipality is part of the Caps et Marais d'Opale Regional Nature Park .

Helfaut is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Wizernes in the north and northwest, Blendecques in the northeast, Heuringhem in the east, Ecques in the southeast, Inghem in the south, Pihem in the west and southwest and Hallines in the west and northwest.

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
1,000	1,139	1,248	1,426	1,671	1,693	1,744	1,596
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Saints-Fuscian-et-Victoric church from the 16th / 17th centuries Century, parts from the 12th century
Church of Saint Denis in the village of Bilques from the 17th / 18th centuries century
Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes chapel in Bilques
Calvaire
Town hall with school
Old sanatorium
Dome of Helfaut-Wizernes , under the code name Schotterwerk Nordwest in 1943/1944 operated bunker for V2 rockets
British military cemetery

Saints-Fuscian-et-Victoric church
Saint-Denis church
Helfaut-Wizernes dome

Web links

Commons : Helfaut - Collection of images, videos and audio files