Nielles-lès-Bléquin

Nielles-lès-Bléquin
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Lumbres
Community association	Pays de Lumbres
Coordinates	50 ° 41 ′  N , 2 ° 2 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 41 ′  N , 2 ° 2 ′  E
height	67-203 m
surface	12.72 km 2
Residents	847 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	67 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	62380
INSEE code	62613
Town hall (Mairie) of Nielles-lès-Bléquin

Nielles-lès-Bléquin ( Dutch Nieles ) is a French municipality with 847 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Pas-de-Calais in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Omer and the canton of Lumbres . The inhabitants are called Niellois .

geography

Nielles-lès-Bléquin is located about 17 kilometers southwest of Saint-Omer on the Bléquin river , a tributary of the Aa . The municipality is part of the Caps et Marais d'Opale Regional Nature Park .

Nielles-lès-Bléquin is surrounded by the neighboring communities Seninghem in the north, Affringues in the north-east, Wismes in the east and south-east, Vaudringhem in the south and Bléquin in the west.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
Residents	759	780	714	755	760	795	788	852
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Saint Martin Church

Attractions

• Saint-Martin church from the 12th century

Web links

Commons : Nielles-lès-Bléquin  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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