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Commune of Fauquembergues |
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| Country | France |
| Region |  Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
| Department |  Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement |  Saint-Omer |
| Canton | Fauquembergues |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du Canton de Fauquembergues |
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| Elevation | 72 m–186 m (avg. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, Nord-Pas de Calais (French Nord-Pas de Calais; Dutch Noord-Nauw van Kales) is one of the 26 regions of France. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division Pas-de-Calais is a department in northern France. Its name is the French language equivalent of the Strait of Dover, which it borders The 100 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. The arrondissement of Saint-Omer is an arrondissement of France located in the Pas-de-Calais département, in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 341 arrondissements and 100 departments. The Canton of Fauquembergues is a canton situated in the Pas-de-Calais département and in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. 78 m) |
| Land area¹ | 7,13 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
856 |
| - Density | 120/km² |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 62325/ 62560 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0. As of January 1, 2008, 64473140 people live in the French Republic. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume The INSEE code is a numerical indexing code used by the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE to identify various entities including communes Postal codes were introduced in France in 1972, when La Poste introduced automated sorting. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. C D E | |
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Fauquembergues is a commune of France, situated in the Pas-de-Calais département and in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France. The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Pas-de-Calais is a department in northern France. Its name is the French language equivalent of the Strait of Dover, which it borders In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division Nord-Pas de Calais (French Nord-Pas de Calais; Dutch Noord-Nauw van Kales) is one of the 26 regions of France. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
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Geography
A town situated 10 miles (16km) southwest of Saint-Omer, at the junction of the D928 with two minor roads, the D92 and the D158. Saint-Omer ( Sint-Omaars in Dutch) a town and commune of Artois in northern France, Sous-préfecture of the The River Aa flows through Fauquembergues.
Population
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 |
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| 882 | 942 | 901 | 884 | 845 | 856 |
| Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting | |||||
Places and monuments
- A line of 13 electricity-generating turbines can be seen on the 100m high hills. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Population without double counting is an English translation of the phrase. Another group of 12 turbines faces the town from the southern direction.
- The 13th century church of Saint-Léger
The church at Fauquembergues
People with links to the town
See also
External links
- Fauquembergues on the Insee website (French)
- Fauquembergues on the Quid website (French)
Notes
- This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on May 12th 2008. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny ( -) was a French Composer, a contemporary A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance Hugh of Saint Omer (died 1106 was the Prince of Galilee and Lord of Tiberias from 1101 to his death The following is a list of the 894 communes of the Pas-de-Calais département, in France. Esquerdes is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France. The French Wikipedia (Wikipédia francophone Wikipédia en français is the French language edition of Wikipedia, spelled Wikipédia.
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