Airon-Saint-Vaast

Airon-Saint-Vaast
Airon-Saint-Vaast
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Airon-Saint-Vaast
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Montreuil-sur-Mer
Canton	Berck
Intercommunality	Opale Sud
Mayor	Sébastien Béthouart (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	4–52 m (13–171 ft) (avg. 8 m or 26 ft)
Land area1	5.92 km2 (2.29 sq mi)
Population2	231  (1999)
- Density	39 /km2 (100 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62016/ 62180
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Airon-Saint-Vaast is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.

Geography

A small village situated some 19 miles (30 km) south of Boulogne-sur-Mer, on the D143E1 road

Places of interest

• The church, built in 1877, in Neo-Gothic style.
• The chapel de Bavemont, built in 1809. This is where Saint Josse is said to have restored the sight of a little girl (Juliule), on his return from a pilgrimage to Rome in 665. In memory of this, a pilgrimage takes place at Whitsuntide.
• The chateau and its park.

Population

Historical population of Airon-Saint-Vaast

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	117	144	130	120	166	231
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Airon-Saint-Vaast on the Quid website (French)