La Calotterie

La Calotterie is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

La Calotterie
Chateau
Coat of arms
Location of La Calotterie
La Calotterie
La Calotterie
Coordinates: 50°28′36″N 1°43′41″E
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentPas-de-Calais
ArrondissementMontreuil
CantonBerck
IntercommunalityCA Deux Baies en Montreuillois
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Franck Leurette[1]
Area
1
9.48 km2 (3.66 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[2]
643
  Density68/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
62196 /62170
Elevation2–58 m (6.6–190.3 ft)
(avg. 5 m or 16 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 small village situated some 2 miles (3 km) northwest of Montreuil-sur-Mer at the D146 and D149 crossroads.

Population

Historical population of La Calotterie
Year196219681975198219901999
Population309332357401550559
From the year 1962 on: No double countingresidents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Visemarest and Quentovic

Close to the village of La Calotterie is the hamlet of Visemarest. Excavations coordinated by Dr David Hill of Manchester University between 1984 and 1991 uncovered the remains of a substantial early-medieval settlement there. This is now accepted as the site of the port and trading settlement of Quentovic or 'Quentovicus', although the finds from the excavations are located in the Musée de Quentovic in Étaples (the museum predating the discovery of the site itself by a number of years).[3]

Places of interest

  • The church of St. Firmin, dating from the eighteenth century.
  • Three Chateaux nearby.

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  2. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  3. Hill, D. et al. (1990)


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