Auxi-le-Château

Auxi-le-Château (Picard: Aussi-ch’Catiau) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.

Auxi-le-Château
Commune
The town centre of Auxi-le-Château
Coat of arms
Location of Auxi-le-Château
Auxi-le-Château
Auxi-le-Château
Coordinates: 50°13′53″N 2°06′56″E
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentPas-de-Calais
ArrondissementArras
CantonAuxi-le-Château
IntercommunalityCommunauté de communes du Ternois
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Henri Dejonghe
Area
1
27.08 km2 (10.46 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
2,639
 • Density97/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
62060 /62390
Elevation25–138 m (82–453 ft)
(avg. 34 m or 112 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

A farming town located 28 miles (45 km) northwest of Arras at the junction of the D938, D933 and D941 roads. The Authie river flows through the town, which once divided the commune into two parts, one in the Pas-de-Calais and the other in the Somme department. It is so named because it was a border fort, but there is now no sign of a castle, apart from some ruins at the top of the Chemin de la Belle Inutile.

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
19623,063—    
19683,099+1.2%
19753,229+4.2%
19823,187−1.3%
19903,051−4.3%
19993,065+0.5%
20042,980−2.8%
20092,920−2.0%
20142,718−6.9%
20152,698−0.7%

Sights
The Saint Martin's church (16th century).
  • Tha Saint Martin's church (16th century)
  • The neo-Gothic Town Hall.
  • The ruins of a 12th-century castle.
  • Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century houses.
  • Watermills.
  • The Museum of Arts and Folklife, in a former rectory.
  • The neo-Gothic church of St.Martin, dating from the fifteenth century.
  • Two 19th-century chapels.

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.



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