Outreau

Outreau
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Outreau (main town)
Community association	Boulonnais
Coordinates	50 ° 42 ′  N , 1 ° 36 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 42 ′  N , 1 ° 36 ′  E
height	2-96 m
surface	7.09 km 2
Residents	13,422 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	1,893 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	62230
INSEE code	62643
Website	http://www.ville-outreau.fr/ www.ville-outreau.fr/

Outreau (NDL .: "Wabingen") is a French municipality with 13,422 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 Boulogne-sur-Mer and is the capital of the canton of Outreau . The inhabitants are called outrelois .

Neighboring communities of Outreau are Boulogne-sur-Mer (ndl .: "Boonen") in the north, Saint-Léonard in the east, Saint-Étienne-au-Mont (ndl .: "Sint Stevens") in the south, Équihen-Plage (ndl .: "Ekingem") in the southwest and Le Portel in the west and northwest.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011
Residents	13,548	13,735	14,731	14,590	15,279	15,222	14,412	14,482

history

Under Flemish influence, the name of the village was still Walbodinga , Walbodeghem , also known as Wabingen in the 9th century . With the Peace of Outreau in 1550, Boulogne could be returned to the mainland between England and France against payment of 400,000 gold ducats.

With the Second World War, Outreau and the surrounding area suffered considerable destruction.

Attractions

• Memorial for the dead and the fallen cemetery

Parish partnership

Since 1989 there has been a community partnership with Eppelborn in Saarland (Germany).

Personalities

• Marie Armand Patrice de Mac Mahon (1855–1927), Brigadier General
• Jean-Charles Cazin (1841–1901), painter and sculptor

Web links

Commons : Outreau  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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