Norrent-Fontes
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
| Arrondissement | Bethune | |
| Canton | Lillers | |
| Community association | Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys novels | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 35 ' N , 2 ° 24' E | |
| height | 19-63 m | |
| surface | 5.7 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,398 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 245 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 62120 | |
| INSEE code | 62620 | |
| Website | http://www.norrent-fontes.fr/ | |
_%C3%A9glise_Saint-Vaast_ext%C3%A9rieur.JPG) Saint-Vaast church |
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Norrent-Fontes (NDL .: Norrem ) is a French municipality with 1398 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 Béthune and the canton of Lillers (until 2015: canton of Norrent-Fontes ). The inhabitants are called Norrent-Fontois .
geography
Norrent-Fontes is about 20 kilometers northwest of Béthune . Norrent-Fontes is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Mazinghem in the north, Isbergues in the northeast, Ham-en-Artois in the east, Bourecq in the southeast, Saint-Hilaire-Cottes in the south, Rely in the west and southwest, Linghem in the west and Rombly in the northwest.
The former Route nationale 43 runs through the municipality .
history
During the Second World War , the Rely Norrent-Fontes airfield , which the German Air Force also used, was located near the site . As part of the western campaign of the Wehrmacht , the 1st group of destroyer squadron 1 (I./ZG 1) with its Bf 110C was located here over the turn of the month of May / June 1940 . In the further course of the war, the 11th Squadron of Jagdgeschwader 26 (11th / JG 26), equipped with Bf 109G , was here from the beginning of August to the beginning of November 1942 .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 1,280 | 1,343 | 1,401 | 1,490 | 1,499 | 1,444 | 1,435 | 1,452 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Vaast church from the 16th century
- Marie-Reine-de-la-Paix chapel
- two mills
Personalities
- Henri Fréville (1905–1987), politician and writer
- Jules Noël (1903–1940), shot putter and discus thrower
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ De Nederlanden in Frankrijk, Jozef van Overstraeten, 1969.