Mentque-Nortbécourt

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Mentque-Nortbécourt
Coat of arms of Mentque-Nortbécourt
Mentque-Nortbécourt (France)
Mentque-Nortbécourt
region Hauts-de-France
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Saint-Omer
Canton Saint-Omer
Community association Pays de Saint-Omer
Coordinates 50 ° 47 '  N , 2 ° 5'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 47 '  N , 2 ° 5'  E
height 53-163 m
surface 10.78 km 2
Residents 651 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 60 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 62890
INSEE code
Website http://www.mentque-nortbecourt.fr/

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Mentque-Nortbécourt ( Flemish : Menteke-Noordboekhout ) is a municipality in the north of France with 651 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017). It belongs to the Hauts-de-France region , the Nord department , the Saint-Omer arrondissement and the Saint-Omer canton (until 2015: Ardres canton ).

geography

Mentque-Nortbécourt is about eleven kilometers west-north-west of Saint-Omer and borders on Nort-Leulinghem in the north, Bayenghem-lès-Éperlecques in the north-east, Houlle in the east and north-east, Moringhem in the south and east, Acquin-Westbécourt in the south-west and Tournehem-sur -la-hem in the west. The municipality is part of the Caps et Marais d'Opale Regional Nature Park .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 452 450 404 426 446 449 520 630
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Léger-et-Saint-Gilles church in Mentque, originally from the 13th century
  • Saint-Wandrille church in Nortbécourt from the 12th century
  • Lebriez windmill in Nortbécourt from 1714
  • Guilleman windmill
  • Inglinghem mill ruins
  • Inglinghem Castle

Web links

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