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Coordinates: 50°22′30″N 2°02′15″E / 50.375, 2.0375

Commune of Hesdin
Location
Hesdin (France)
Hesdin
Administration
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Montreuil
Canton Hesdin
Intercommunality Communauté de Communes de l'Hesdinois
Mayor Jean-Marie Roussel
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 23 m–34 m
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Land area¹ 0. 9 km²
Population²
(1999)		 2,686
 - Density 2,888/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 62447/ 62140
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2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. C D E
France

Hesdin is a commune of northern 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. It is the chief town of the canton of Hesdin, in the arrondissement of Montreuil, in the Pas-de-Calais département. The Canton of Hesdin is a canton situated in the department of the Pas-de-Calais and in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of northern The arrondissement of Montreuil is an arrondissement of France located in the Pas-de-Calais département, in the Nord-Pas de Calais 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

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Geography

The N39, from Arras to Montreuil, used to be the main thoroughfare of the town. Arras (Atrecht is the capital of the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. Montreuil (often referred to as Montreuil-sur-Mer) is a sous-préfecture of northern France, in the département of In the 1950s, a circular route was created to help traffic flow. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A second bypass was built in the 1980s, taking all through traffic well away from the town. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar)
The Canche river flows through the centre of Hesdin. The River Canche is one of the rivers that flow from the plateau of the southern Boulonnais and Picardy, into the English Channel.

History

Hesdin was a fief of the counts of Artois, vassals of the Counts of Flanders until 1180. counts of Artois (French Comtes d'Artois Dutch Graven van Artesië were the Rulers over the County of Artois from the 9th century until the abolition counts of Flanders were the Rulers over the county of Flanders from the 9th century until the abolition of the Countship by the French revolutionaries When Philip, count of Flanders gave Artois as dowry to his niece Isabel de Hainault when she married Philip Augustus of France in 1180, Hesdin and the other seigneuries passed to France. Philip of Alsace (1143 – August 1, 1191) was Count of Flanders from 1168 to 1191 Artois (Artesië (adjective Artesian) is a former province of northern France. Isabelle of Hainaut ( 5 April 1170, Valenciennes - 15 March 1190, Paris was Queen consort of France. Philip II Augustus (Philippe Auguste ( 21 August[[ 165]] &ndash 14 July 1223) was the King of France from 1180 until his death Though subsequently the territory passed to the Dukes of Burgundy, Hesdin remained one of a handful of French strongholds, until in 1553 Emperor Charles V ordered the utter destruction of the old fortified town on a rise of ground and built the present town the following year, some 6km from the original site, on the banks of the Canche. Duke of Burgundy was a title borne by the rulers of the Duchy of Burgundy, a small portion of traditional lands of Burgundians west of river Saône which Charles V (24 February 1500 &ndash 21 September 1558 was
In 1639 the French laid siege to Hesdin and under Louis XIII, it was recaptured for France. For the cognac see Louis XIII de Rémy Martin. Louis XIII ( September 27, 1601 – May 14, 1643) Thus, though Hesdin has an ancient name and 16th century structures, there is no medieval town at all.
The most recent and resourceful book on the history of Hesdin is Promenades dans Hesdin by Regis Deparis (2004) (French)

Population

Population Growth
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999
3010 3105 3248 2977 2713 2686
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting






Places of interest

Hesdin is dominated by the central square, the Place d'Armes overlooked by the 16th-17th century town hall. 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. The contemporary Church of Notre Dame was begun in 1565 and completed in 1685.

The belfry of the town hall
The belfry of the town hall
Façade of the town hall of Hesdin
Façade of the town hall of Hesdin


People with links to the town

Miscellaneous

The best day to visit Hesdin is market day, Thursday, when a large range of goods can be purchased although the clothes and furnishing materials sold in the main square are not good value. François Dalle (died August 9, 2005) served as CEO of L'Oréal between 1957 and 1984 Jean-Louis Cottigny (born 12 September 1950 in Hesdin, Pas-de-Calais) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament A good range of local produce can be purchased from the stalls in the surrounding streets.

Twinned with

Flag of England London Borough of Havering in London, England. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland

See also

External links

The following is a list of the 894 communes of the Pas-de-Calais département, in France.
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