Estrée-Blanche

Estrée-Blanche (West Flemish: Strate) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Estrée-Blanche

Strate
Commune
The church of Estrée-Blanche
Location of Estrée-Blanche
Estrée-Blanche
Estrée-Blanche
Coordinates: 50°35′38″N 2°19′19″E
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentPas-de-Calais
ArrondissementBéthune
CantonAire-sur-la-Lys
IntercommunalityCA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Bernard Delétré
Area
1
5.32 km2 (2.05 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
951
 • Density180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
62313 /62145
Elevation37–99 m (121–325 ft)
(avg. 43 m or 141 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History
Indian cavalry marching through Estrée-Blanche in 1915

Indian cavalry were stationed at Estrée-Blanche during the First World War.

Geography
Miners' houses in the village

Estrée-Blanche is a farming village some 12 miles (19.3 km) to the northwest of Béthune and 30 miles (48.3 km) west of Lille, at the junction of the D341, D186 and the D159 roads. The small rivers Surgeon and Laquette converge at the commune.

Estrée-Blanche is found at the extreme edge of the coal-mining area of Nord-Pas-de-Calais. Part of its surface area was owned by the mining company, which ceased in the 1960s. All that remains of that era are some typical miners' houses.

It is one of many villages in the north of France bearing the name Estrées. The etymology of the name is from strata (cognate of English "street"), the word for the stone-layered Roman roads in the area (some of which turned into modern highways). Hence Estreti, village on the road which developed into Estrées.

Population
Historical population of Estrée-Blanche
Year196219681975198219901999
Population1022109310681005988928
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest
  • The church of St.Vaast, dating from the sixteenth century.
  • The fifteenth-century Château de Créminil, built by the Le May family in 1443
  • The château from the west
  • The rear courtyard
  • The towers and drawbridge
  • The château entrance

See also

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


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