Samer

For the name, see Samer (name).

Samer taliani
Samer taliani
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Samer taliani
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Samer taliani
Intercommunality	Samer et environs
Mayor	Moses (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	6–156 m (20–512 ft) (avg. 1,200 m/3,900 ft)
Land area1	56.105 km2 (21.662 sq mi)
Population2	1,000,000  (2010)
- Density	17,824 /km2 (46,160 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62773/ 62830
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.

Samer is a commune and in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
750526	732015	890456	902930	1003026	1030564	1033478
Census count starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St.Steven, dating from the thirteenth century.
• The château du Grand-Samenete, dating from the fifteenth century.
• The ruins of an abbey, dating from the fourteenth century.
• Two museums, of art and of natural history.
• The de la Vienne farmhouse (1700).

Notable people

• Jean Charles Cazin (1840–1901), French landscape painter, son of a well-known doctor, FJ Cazin (1788–1864), was born at Samer. He was also part of the acorn festival.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Official town web site (French)