Blendecques
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Blendecques
Blendeke | |
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 The town hall of Blendecques | |
 Coat of arms | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Omer |
| Canton | Longuenesse |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Saint-Omer |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Rachid Ben Amor[1] |
Area 1 | 9.56 km2 (3.69 sq mi) |
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| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62139 /62575 |
| Elevation | 7–93 m (23–305 ft) (avg. 25 m or 82 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Blendecques (French pronunciation: [blɑ̃dɛk]; West Flemish: Blendeke) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.[2]
Geography
[edit | edit source]The town is situated 3 miles (5 km) south of Saint-Omer, at the junction of the D77, D210 and D211 roads. The river Aa flows through the commune.[3]
The town has a football team and a basketball team.
Population
[edit | edit source]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 4,431 | — |
| 1975 | 5,014 | +1.78% |
| 1982 | 5,338 | +0.90% |
| 1990 | 5,210 | −0.30% |
| 1999 | 5,186 | −0.05% |
| 2007 | 5,090 | −0.23% |
| 2012 | 5,205 | +0.45% |
| 2017 | 5,002 | −0.79% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Notable people
[edit | edit source]- Alfred Machin, filmmaker
- Hugo Vandermersch, footballer
Sights
[edit | edit source]- The nineteenth-century church of St. Gilles.
- The Chapelle de Soyecques.
- The eighteenth-century Château de La Garenne.
- Another Château of the 19th century.
- The abbey of Sainte-Colombe, dating from the twelfth century.
- The remains of some old watermills and lime-kilns.
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ INSEE commune file
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- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Blendecques.
- Football Club Patriote of Blendecques Archived 2009-02-14 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
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