Cauchy-à-la-Tour

Cauchy-à-la-Tour
Commune
The church of Cauchy-à-la-Tour
Coat of arms
Cauchy-à-la-Tour Location within Hauts-de-France region Cauchy-à-la-Tour
Coordinates: 50°30′16″N 2°27′09″E / 50.5044°N 2.4525°E / 50.5044; 2.4525Coordinates: 50°30′16″N 2°27′09″E / 50.5044°N 2.4525°E / 50.5044; 2.4525
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Auchel
Intercommunality	CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Eugène Fontaine (PCF)
Area1	3.13 km2 (1.21 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	2,856
• Density	910/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62217 /62260
Elevation	82–116 m (269–381 ft) (avg. 115 m or 377 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.

Cauchy-à-la-Tour (Picard: El-Cauchie-à-l’Tour) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

A farming and ex-coalmining village some 10 miles (16.1 km) southwest of Béthune and 30 miles (48.3 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D183 and the D341 roads.

Population

Places of interest

• The church of Saint-Pierre, rebuilt after the First World War.
• The war memorial.
• Ruins of an old castle.

Notable people

• Philippe Pétain, marshal of France, was born here on the 24 April 1856.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cauchy-à-la-Tour.

• Website of the Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois (in French)
• Cauchy-à-la-Tour on the Quid website (in French)