Courset
Courset is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
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 The church of Courset | |
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Location of Courset 
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| Coordinates: 50°38′49″N 1°50′32″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Boulogne-sur-Mer |
| Canton | Desvres |
| Intercommunality | CC Desvres-Samer |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Marc Denavaut |
| Area 1 | 10.24 km2 (3.95 sq mi) |
| Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 515 |
| • Density | 50/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62251 /62240 |
| Elevation | 121–209 m (397–686 ft) (avg. 118 m or 387 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 forestry village, some 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Boulogne, on the D127 road.
Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 |
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| Population | 321 | 328 | 363 | 334 | 365 | 396 |
| 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. Maurice, dating from the sixteenth century.
- The nineteenth-century chateau de Courset.
- The seventeenth-century manorhouse of la Gaverie.
- Remains of an old castle.
References
- "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
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