Campagne-lès-Guines
Campagne-lès-Guines is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas de Calais region of France.
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_mairie.JPG) The town hall of Campagne-lès-Guines | |
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Location of Campagne-lès-Guînes 
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| Coordinates: 50°50′26″N 1°54′17″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Calais |
| Canton | Calais-2 |
| Intercommunality | CC Pays d'Opale |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Philippe Demilly |
| Area 1 | 5.72 km2 (2.21 sq mi) |
| Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 445 |
| • Density | 78/km2 (200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62203 /62340 |
| Elevation | 21–160 m (69–525 ft) (avg. 45 m or 148 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 village located 10 miles (16 km) south of Calais, on the D248 and D215 road junction.
History
The meeting between Francis I and Henry VIII took place here at Campagne-lès-Guînes in 1546 to conclude the peace treaty of Ardres, which saw Boulogne returned to the French crown, for a sizeable sum of money.
Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 |
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| Population | 254 | 295 | 296 | 370 | 406 | 452 |
| 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 nineteenth century.
- The nineteenth-century château..
References
- "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
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