Hesdin
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
| Arrondissement | Montreuil | |
| Canton | Auxi-le-Château | |
| Community association | Sept Vallées | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 22 ′ N , 2 ° 2 ′ E | |
| height | 23-34 m | |
| surface | 0.93 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,225 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 2,392 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 62140 | |
| INSEE code | 62447 | |
| Website | www.ville-hesdin.fr | |
 Town hall with belfry |
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Hesdin ( pronunciation : [ edɛ ], Dutch Heusden) is a French municipality with 2225 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Pas-de-Calais in the region of Hauts-de-France . ´It belongs to the arrondissement of Montreuil and the canton of Auxi-le-Château . The community is located on the Canche , near the confluence of the Ternoise .
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| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
| Residents | 3010 | 3105 | 3248 | 2977 | 2713 | 2686 | 2474 |
Attractions
The town hall with a belfry on the central Place des armes dates from the 16th and 17th centuries. Century and is classified as a monument historique .
Town twinning
The city maintains the following city partnerships:
Personalities
- Loyset Liédet (* around 1420 probably in Hesdin; † 1479), French-Flemish scribe, painter and illuminator
- Antoine-François Prévost (1697–1763), French writer
- Henri Le Fauconnier (1881-1946), painter of the Cubism
Web links
Commons : Hesdin - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Hesdin in the Topographia Circuli Burgundici (Mathäus Merian) - sources and full texts
Individual evidence
- ↑ Les jumelages. ville-hesdin.fr, accessed June 30, 2013 (French).