Guemps
Guemps is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
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_mairie.JPG) The town hall of Guemps | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Guemps 
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| Coordinates: 50°54′56″N 1°59′48″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Calais |
| Canton | Marck |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de la Région d'Audruicq |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Michel Cousin |
| Area 1 | 15.89 km2 (6.14 sq mi) |
| Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 1,092 |
| • Density | 69/km2 (180/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62393 /62370 |
| Elevation | 1–5 m (3.3–16.4 ft) (avg. 3 m or 9.8 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 situated 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Calais, at the D229 and D32 crossroads. [2]
Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2010 |
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| Population | 739 | 797 | 768 | 808 | 858 | 882 | 967 |
| 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.John the Baptist, dating from the fifteenth century.
- The windmills, used to pump water from the marshland.
References
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Guemps. |
- Guemps on the Insee website (in French)
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