Preures

Preures
Commune
The church of Preures

Coat of arms
Preures
Location within Hauts-de-France region
Preures
Coordinates: 50°34′21″N 1°52′44″E / 50.5725°N 1.8789°E / 50.5725; 1.8789Coordinates: 50°34′21″N 1°52′44″E / 50.5725°N 1.8789°E / 50.5725; 1.8789
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Montreuil
Canton Lumbres
Intercommunality CC Haut Pays du Montreuillois
Government
 • Mayor Christophe Coffre
Area1 15.87 km2 (6.13 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 521
 • Density 33/km2 (85/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 62670 /62650
Elevation 61–167 m (200–548 ft)
(avg. 84 m or 276 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.

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

Geography

Preures lies 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Montreuil-sur-Mer at the junction of the D150 and D148 roads.

Population

The inhabitants are called Preurois or Preuroises.

Population history
1962196819751982199019992006
492514472509426448
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

  • Vestiges of a Merovingian cemetery.
  • The church of St. Martin, dating from the fifteenth century.

See also

References


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