Journy

Journy
Commune
The town hall of Journy
Coat of arms
Journy Location within Hauts-de-France region Journy
Coordinates: 50°45′12″N 1°59′45″E / 50.7533°N 1.9958°E / 50.7533; 1.9958Coordinates: 50°45′12″N 1°59′45″E / 50.7533°N 1.9958°E / 50.7533; 1.9958
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Lumbres
Intercommunality	Région d'Ardres et de la Vallée de la Hem
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Vincent Charlemagne
Area1	3.35 km2 (1.29 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	269
• Density	80/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62478 /62850
Elevation	69–184 m (226–604 ft) (avg. 144 m or 472 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.

Journy is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

Journy is a village situated 10 miles (16 km) west of Saint-Omer, on the D191 road. The area around the village was once a heath called Les Dornes, which regularly caught fire along the railway line from Anvin to Calais, perhaps as a result of sparks from the engine. The local newspaper l'Independent reported, for example, that in April 1908, 70 acres (280,000 m²) of the Dornes and 35 acres (140,000 m²) of woodland of the ancient seigneurie of Journy have repeatedly burned, with a fire still raging 3 hours after the passing of the train, which justified a police investigation.^[1]

Population

Places of interest

• The church of St.Omer, dating from the sixteenth century.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Journy.

• Journy on the Quid website (in French)