Cauchy-à-la-Tour

Cauchy-à-la-Tour (Picard: El-Cauchie-à-l’Tour; Dutch:"Turringhem" (house of the sons of Turr)) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Cauchy-à-la-Tour
The church of Cauchy-à-la-Tour
Coat of arms
Location of Cauchy-à-la-Tour
Cauchy-à-la-Tour
Cauchy-à-la-Tour
Coordinates: 50°30′16″N 2°27′09″E
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentPas-de-Calais
ArrondissementBéthune
CantonAuchel
IntercommunalityCA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane
Government
  Mayor (20142020) Jacques Flahaut (PCF)
Area
1
3.13 km2 (1.21 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
2,814
  Density900/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
62217 /62260
Elevation82–116 m (269–381 ft)
(avg. 115 m or 377 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

A farming and ex-coalmining village some 10 miles (16.1 km) southwest of Béthune and 30 miles (48.3 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D183 and the D341 roads.

Population

Historical population of Cauchy-à-la-Tour
Year196219681975198219901999
Population298129972696271229072856
From the year 1962 on: No double countingresidents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

  • The church of Saint-Pierre, rebuilt after the First World War.
  • The war memorial.
  • Ruins of an old castle.

Notable people

See also

References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.