La Comté

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

La Comté
A general view of La Comté
Coat of arms
Location of La Comté
La Comté
La Comté
Coordinates: 50°25′39″N 2°30′03″E
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentPas-de-Calais
ArrondissementBéthune
CantonBruay-la-Buissière
IntercommunalityCA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Allemand
Area
1
6.63 km2 (2.56 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2017)[1]
935
  Density140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
62232 /62150
Elevation70–193 m (230–633 ft)
(avg. 91 m or 299 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

La Comté is a farming and light industrial village situated 18 miles (29 km) northwest of Arras, at the junction of the D86 and the D86E roads, in the valley of the river Lawe.

Population

Historical population of La Comté
Year196219681975198219901999
Population734735734685755783
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 St.Martin, dating from the sixteenth century.
  • An eighteenth-century farmhouse, at a site known as the old castle.

See also

References

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


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