Nesles (Pas-de-Calais)
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
| Arrondissement | Boulogne-sur-Mer | |
| Canton | Outreau | |
| Community association | Boulonnais | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 38 ′ N , 1 ° 39 ′ E | |
| height | 21-177 m | |
| surface | 5.04 km 2 | |
| Residents | 953 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 189 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 62152 | |
| INSEE code | 62603 | |
| Website | www.ville-nesle.fr | |
 Nesles, town center with Notre-Dame church and town hall (left) |
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Nesles ( Flemish : Nele ) is a French municipality with 953 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Pas-de-Calais in the region of Hauts-de-France (before 2016 Nord-Pas-de-Calais ). It belongs to the arrondissement of Boulogne-sur-Mer and the canton of Outreau (until 2015 canton of Samer ). The inhabitants are called Neslois .
geography
Nesles is about eleven kilometers south-southeast of Boulogne-sur-Mer . The municipality is part of the Caps et Marais d'Opale Regional Nature Park .
Nesles is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Condette in the north, Verlincthun in the east, Halinghen in the south and south-east and Neufchâtel-Hardelot in the west and south-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 1,094 | 1,114 | 977 | 1,039 | 1,097 | 1,067 | 1,049 | 935 |
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Attractions
- Church of Our Lady of the 16th century
- Fortified mansion of La Haye
- Tower Hill Castle (Motte)
Parish partnership
There is a partnership with the German city of Magdala in Thuringia.
