Estrée-Cauchy

Estrée-Cauchy
Commune
The town hall of Estrée-Cauchy
Coat of arms
Estrée-Cauchy Location within Hauts-de-France region Estrée-Cauchy
Coordinates: 50°23′55″N 2°36′37″E / 50.3986°N 2.6103°E / 50.3986; 2.6103Coordinates: 50°23′55″N 2°36′37″E / 50.3986°N 2.6103°E / 50.3986; 2.6103
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Bruay-la-Buissière
Intercommunality	CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Colette Buirette
Area1	3.89 km2 (1.50 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	321
• Density	83/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62314 /62690
Elevation	118–171 m (387–561 ft) (avg. 159 m or 522 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.

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

Geography

A farming village some 12 miles (19.3 km) to the northwest of Arras and 11 miles (17.7 km) south of Béthune, on the D341 road.

It is one of many villages in the north of France bearing the name Estrées. The etymology of the name is from strata (cognate of English "street"), the word for the stone-layered Roman roads in the area (some of which turned into modern highways). Hence Estreti, village on the road which developed into Estrées.

Population

Places of interest

• The church of St.Pierre, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The ruins of a fifteenth-century chateau.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Estrée-Cauchy.

• Estrée-Cauchy on the Quid website (in French)