Cauchy-à-la-Tour
Cauchy-à-la-Tour (Picard: El-Cauchie-à-l’Tour; Dutch:"Turringhem" (house of the sons of Turr)) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
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_%C3%A9glise.JPG) The church of Cauchy-à-la-Tour | |
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Location of Cauchy-à-la-Tour 
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| Coordinates: 50°30′16″N 2°27′09″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Béthune |
| Canton | Auchel |
| Intercommunality | CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Eugène Fontaine (PCF) |
| Area 1 | 3.13 km2 (1.21 sq mi) |
| Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 2,814 |
| • Density | 900/km2 (2,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62217 /62260 |
| Elevation | 82–116 m (269–381 ft) (avg. 115 m or 377 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 and ex-coalmining village some 10 miles (16.1 km) southwest of Béthune and 30 miles (48.3 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D183 and the D341 roads.
Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 |
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| Population | 2981 | 2997 | 2696 | 2712 | 2907 | 2856 |
| 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 Saint-Pierre, rebuilt after the First World War.
- The war memorial.
- Ruins of an old castle.
Notable people
- Philippe Pétain, marshal of France, was born here on the 24 April 1856.
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