Écourt-Saint-Quentin

Écourt-Saint-Quentin
Commune
The road into Écourt-Saint-Quentin

Coat of arms
Écourt-Saint-Quentin
Location within Hauts-de-France region
Écourt-Saint-Quentin
Coordinates: 50°15′04″N 3°04′19″E / 50.2511°N 3.0719°E / 50.2511; 3.0719Coordinates: 50°15′04″N 3°04′19″E / 50.2511°N 3.0719°E / 50.2511; 3.0719
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Arras
Canton Bapaume
Intercommunality CC Osartis Marquion
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Edmond Gazel
Area1 9.49 km2 (3.66 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 1,731
 • Density 180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 62284 /62860
Elevation 35–73 m (115–240 ft)
(avg. 74 m or 243 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Écourt-Saint-Quentin is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

A farming village situated 19 miles (30.6 km) southeast of Arras at the junction of the D13 and D19 roads in a landscape of woods and lakes.

Population

Historical population of Écourt-Saint-Quentin
Year196219681975198219901999
Population148515271510165717711731
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.Quentin, dating from the twentieth century.
  • Traces of a Merovingian cemetery and an old castle.
  • Evidence of Roman settlement.
  • An old flour mill.

See also

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