Salperwick

Salperwick
Commune
The church of Salperwick

Coat of arms
Salperwick
Location within Hauts-de-France region
Salperwick
Coordinates: 50°46′24″N 2°13′58″E / 50.7733°N 2.2328°E / 50.7733; 2.2328Coordinates: 50°46′24″N 2°13′58″E / 50.7733°N 2.2328°E / 50.7733; 2.2328
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Saint-Omer
Canton Saint-Omer
Intercommunality Pays de Saint-Omer
Government
 • Mayor Michel Martinot
Area1 4 km2 (2 sq mi)
Population (2013)2 511
 • Density 130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 62772 /62500
Elevation 1–71 m (3.3–232.9 ft)
(avg. 10 m or 33 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.

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

Geography

Salperwick is built on land reclaimed from the marshes, 2 miles (3 km) to the north of Saint-Omer on the D214E1 road.

Population

Population history
1962196819751982199019992006
251261302291294486503
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without duplicates

Places of interest

  • The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the sixteenth century.
  • The eighteenth-century château. Where Napoleon stayed on August 27 & 28, 1804 after having left Boulogne. The chateau belongs to the family of the count de Guillebon.

See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

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