Sainte-Catherine, Pas-de-Calais

Sainte-Catherine
Commune
A view within Sainte-Catherine
Coat of arms
Sainte-Catherine Location within Hauts-de-France region Sainte-Catherine
Coordinates: 50°18′28″N 2°45′50″E / 50.3078°N 2.7639°E / 50.3078; 2.7639Coordinates: 50°18′28″N 2°45′50″E / 50.3078°N 2.7639°E / 50.3078; 2.7639
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Arras-1
Intercommunality	Communauté urbaine d'Arras
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	André Bouzigues
Area1	4.4 km2 (1.7 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	3,447
• Density	780/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62744 /62223
Elevation	53–105 m (174–344 ft) (avg. 57 m or 187 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.

Sainte-Catherine (also unofficially: Sainte-Catherine-lès-Arras) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

Sainte-Catherine is a large suburb, just 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the centre of Arras, at the junction of the D264 and D63 roads.

Population

Notable people

• Mathieu Assou-Ekotto (born 1978), former footballer
• Nando de Colo (born 1987), basketball player

Places of interest

• The church of St.Catherine, rebuilt, along with much of the commune, after World War I.

See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sainte-Catherine, Pas-de-Calais.

• Official website of Sainte-Catherine (in French)
• Sainte-Catherine on the Quid website (in French)