Longuenesse

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Longuenesse
Longuenesse coat of arms
Longuenesse (France)
Longuenesse
region Hauts-de-France
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Saint-Omer
Canton Longuenesse (main town)
Community association Pays de Saint-Omer
Coordinates 50 ° 44 '  N , 2 ° 14'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 44 '  N , 2 ° 14'  E
height 3–79 m
surface 8.4 km 2
Residents 11,023 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 1,312 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 62219
INSEE code
Website www.ville-longuenesse.fr/

Mairie from Longueness

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Longuenesse ( Flemish : Langenesse ) is a northern French municipality in the Pas-de-Calais department of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region with 11,023 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017).

geography

The municipality is located in the metropolitan area of Saint-Omer and is part of the Caps et Marais d'Opale Regional Nature Park .

Longuenesse is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Martin-au-Laërt (Dutch: "Sint Maartens Aard") in the north, Saint-Omer (Dutch: "Sint Omaars") in the northeast, Arques (Dutch: "Arken") in the east, Blendecques (Dutch: "Blendeke") in the southeast, Wizernes (Dutch: "Wezerne") in the southwest, Wisques in the west and Tatinghem in the northwest. In the southwest of Longuenesse is the Saint-Omer-Wizernes airfield .

history

From 1298 to 1791 a Carthusian monastery was located here ( Chartreuse Val Sainte-Aldegonde ).

Attractions

Saint-Quentin Church
  • The Saint-Quentin church
  • Maria Stella Chapel
  • Historic Abbey Park

Parish partnership

There is a partnership with the Belgian municipality of Vedrin in the province of Namur.

Web links

Commons : Longuenesse  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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