Doudeauville, Pas-de-Calais

Doudeauville
Commune
The church of Doudeauville

Coat of arms
Doudeauville
Location within Hauts-de-France region
Doudeauville
Coordinates: 50°36′45″N 1°49′47″E / 50.6125°N 1.8297°E / 50.6125; 1.8297Coordinates: 50°36′45″N 1°49′47″E / 50.6125°N 1.8297°E / 50.6125; 1.8297
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton Desvres
Intercommunality CC Desvres-Samer
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Christian Péniguel
Area1 13.74 km2 (5.31 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 401
 • Density 29/km2 (76/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 62273 /62830
Elevation 80–198 m (262–650 ft)
(avg. 85 m or 279 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.

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

Geography

A farming village, set in a wooded valley some 13 miles (21 km) southeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the D127 and the D127e4 roads.

Population

Historical population of Doudeauville, Pas-de-Calais
Year196219681975198219901999
Population331376412416383401
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. Bertulphe, dating from the 16th century.
  • Vestiges of a 12th-century abbey destroyed in 1543 by the English.
  • Evidence of 2 feudal mottes and a castle.
  • Several 17th-century buildings: A presbytery, a manorhouse and cob-built houses.
  • An 18th-century watermill.

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