Nielles-lès-Ardres
Nielles-lès-Ardres | |
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_mairie.JPG) The town hall of Nielles-lès-Ardres | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Nielles-lès-Ardres | |
  Nielles-lès-Ardres  Nielles-lès-Ardres | |
| Coordinates: 50°50′33″N 2°01′02″E / 50.8425°N 2.0172°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Calais |
| Canton | Calais-2 |
| Intercommunality | CC Pays d'Opale |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Pierre-Eloi Calais[1] |
Area 1 | 4.48 km2 (1.73 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 586 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (340/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62614 /62610 |
| Elevation | 1–29 m (3.3–95.1 ft) (avg. 9 m or 30 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Nielles-lès-Ardres (French pronunciation: [njɛl lɛ.z‿aʁdʁ], literally Nielles near Ardres; Dutch: Niel-bij-Aarde) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[3]
Geography
Nielles-lès-Ardres lies about 14 miles (22 km) northwest of Saint-Omer, on the D225E road.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 261 | — |
| 1975 | 282 | +1.11% |
| 1982 | 344 | +2.88% |
| 1990 | 383 | +1.35% |
| 1999 | 444 | +1.66% |
| 2007 | 484 | +1.08% |
| 2012 | 521 | +1.48% |
| 2017 | 557 | +1.35% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Places of interest
- The church of St. Pierre, dating from the year 1200.
- Ruins of the château de la Montoire, destroyed by the duc de Vendôme in 1542.
- Château de la Cressonnerie, built between 1808/1812.
- The seventeenth century ‘Le Colombier’, an enormous round tower.
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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