Maintenay

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Maintenay
Maintenay Coat of Arms
Maintenay (France)
Maintenay
region Hauts-de-France
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Montreuil
Canton Auxi-le-Château
Community association Sept Vallées
Coordinates 50 ° 22 ′  N , 1 ° 49 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 22 ′  N , 1 ° 49 ′  E
height 5-102 m
surface 12.11 km 2
Residents 426 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 35 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 62870
INSEE code 62538

Mill in Maintenay

Maintenay is a French municipality with 426 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 .

geography

The municipality of Maintenay is located on the right bank of the Authie , which here forms the border with the Somme department , a few kilometers from its confluence with the English Channel . The seaside resorts of Berck and Fort-Mahon-Plage are about 20 kilometers west of Maintenay.

Neighboring municipalities of Maintenay are Buire-le-Sec in the north, Saint-Rémy-au-Bois in the east, Saulchoy in the south-east, Argoules in the south, Nampont in the south-west, Roussent in the west and Boisjean in the north-west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007
Residents 429 375 401 405 381 322 377

Attractions

  • Church, whose choir and transept have been a listed building since 1926.
  • The mill of Maintenay, originally from the 12th century, has been restored and converted into a small museum, which can be visited every afternoon during the summer months.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry no. PA00108339 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Web links

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