La Comté

La Comté
Commune
A general view of La Comté
Coat of arms
Location of La Comté
La Comté La Comté
Coordinates: 50°25′39″N 2°30′03″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Bruay-la-Buissière
Intercommunality	CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Allemand
Area 1	6.63 km2 (2.56 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	882
• Density	130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62232 /62150
Elevation	70–193 m (230–633 ft) (avg. 91 m or 299 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Comté is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

La Comté is a farming and light industrial village situated 18 miles (29 km) northwest of Arras, at the junction of the D86 and the D86E roads, in the valley of the river Lawe.

Population

Historical population of La Comté

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	734	735	734	685	755	783
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.Martin, dating from the sixteenth century.
• An eighteenth-century farmhouse, at a site known as the old castle.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file