La Comté

La Comté
Commune
A general view of La Comté

Coat of arms
La Comté
Location within Hauts-de-France region
La Comté
Coordinates: 50°25′39″N 2°30′03″E / 50.4275°N 2.5008°E / 50.4275; 2.5008Coordinates: 50°25′39″N 2°30′03″E / 50.4275°N 2.5008°E / 50.4275; 2.5008
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) Roland Guillemant
Area1 6.63 km2 (2.56 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 783
 • Density 120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 62232 /62150
Elevation 70–193 m (230–633 ft)
(avg. 91 m or 299 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.

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

Geography

La Comté is a farming and light industrial village situated 18 miles (29 km) northwest of Arras, at the junction of the D86 and the D86E roads, in the valley of the river Lawe.

Population

Historical population of La Comté
Year196219681975198219901999
Population734735734685755783
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.Martin, dating from the sixteenth century.
  • An eighteenth-century farmhouse, at a site known as the old castle.

See also

References


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