Audruicq
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Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region
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| Country | France |
| Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Omer |
| Canton | Audruicq |
| Intercommunality | Région d'Audruicq |
| Mayor | Nicole Chevalier |
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| Elevation | 3–22 m (9.8–72 ft) (avg. 10 m or 33 ft) |
| Land area1 | 14.44 km2 (5.58 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 4,555 (1999) |
| - Density | 315 /km2 (820 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62057/ 62370 |
| 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. | |
Coordinates: 50°52′47″N 2°04′53″E / 50.8797°N 2.0814°E
Audruicq (in Dutch: Ouderwijk) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.
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[edit] Geography
A town located 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Calais, at the junction of the D224 with the D309 road.
[edit] Population
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| Population | 3388 | 3606 | 3616 | 4078 | 4586 | 4555 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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[edit] History
Baldwin II, Count of Flanders named it a city in 1175, rebuilding the castle and converting the surrounding marshland to tillable soil. After continuously changing authority between the 13th century and the 17th century, Audruicq finally became a French town after the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678.
[edit] Places of interest
- The eighteenth century church of St.Martin.
- The eighteenth century château.
[edit] Notable people
- Gilbert Brazy: Born at Audruicq on 15 February 1902. A pilot, he disappeared, flying a "Latham47" in the Arctic in 1928 with Roald Amundsen.1
[edit] Twin towns
Hawkhurst in Kent, England, since 1998.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Audruicq, a stroll in the past
- Audruicq on the Insee website (French)
- Audruicq on the Quid website (French)
- The German Air Force in the Great War The 1916 bombing of the ammunition dump at Audruicq
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