Honeycomb (Pas-de-Calais)
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
| Arrondissement | Montreuil | |
| Canton | Berck | |
| Community association | Deux Baies en Montreuillois | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 23 ′ N , 1 ° 39 ′ E | |
| height | 3–51 m | |
| surface | 8.99 km 2 | |
| Residents | 431 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 48 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 62180 | |
| INSEE code | 62866 | |
.JPG) Mairie of the parish |
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Honeycomb is a French municipality with 431 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Pas-de-Calais in the region of Hauts-de-France in northern France. It belongs to the arrondissement of Montreuil and the canton of Berck .
geography
Honeycomb is located at an average height of 27 meters above sea level , 103 kilometers southwest of Lille , the capital of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, and 5 kilometers southeast of the canton capital Berck . The hamlet of La Madelon is located at the mouth of the Authie in the English Channel on the south-western edge of the municipality.
history
Artifacts from the 5th and 6th centuries have been discovered in honeycombs . This includes a fibula , a belt buckle and various glass vessels.
In the Middle Ages , Waben was an important trading and fishing port . However, over the centuries it silted up. Today it is used as a leisure harbor.
In 1793, during the French Revolution (1789–1799) , Waben received the status of a municipality and became the capital of a canton . In 1801, the municipality received the right to local self-government through the administrative reform under Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) and was incorporated into the canton of Montreuil . It was not until 1991 that it was allocated to the then newly formed canton of Berck.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | |
| Residents | 234 | 234 | 235 | 266 | 294 | 327 | 386 | |
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Culture and sights
The fishing boat la Marianne Toute Seule is the reconstruction of a special historical type of Norman fishing boat called the Cordier . It was built in 1992 for the city of Berck and won a coastal boat competition in Brest in the same year . The boat is 5.7 meters long, 2.7 meters high and has three sails with a total of around 40 square meters. From May to August the ship is available for tourist, cultural and educational excursions, 8 people can take part in each.
In the Church of Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité there is a baptismal font from the 16th century, which was classified as Monument historique ('historical monument') in 1908 .
Web links
- Honeycombs in the Base Mémoire des Ministère de la Culture (French)
- Community presentation on the website of the local authority association Opale Sud (French)
Remarks
- ↑ Le village de honeycombs. In: Annuaire-Mairie.fr. Retrieved October 12, 2011 (French).
- ↑ Honeycomb - notice communal. In: cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved October 12, 2011 (French).
- ↑ Information on the Marianne. (No longer available online.) In: berckpatrimoine.info. Archived from the original on July 8, 2010 ; Retrieved October 12, 2011 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Entry No. 62866 in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
