Nielles-lès-Ardres

Nielles-lès-Ardres
Commune
The town hall of Nielles-lès-Ardres
Coat of arms
Location of Nielles-lès-Ardres
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Coordinates: 50°50′33″N 2°01′02″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Calais
Canton	Calais-2
Intercommunality	CC Pays d'Opale
Government
• Mayor	Jacques Henard
Area 1	4.48 km2 (1.73 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	589
• Density	130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62614 /62610
Elevation	1–29 m (3.3–95.1 ft) (avg. 9 m or 30 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Nielles-lès-Ardres is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

Nielles-lès-Ardres lies about 14 miles (22 km) northwest of Saint-Omer, on the D225E road.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
229	261	282	344	383	444	482
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St. Pierre, dating from the year 1200.
• Ruins of the château de la Montoire, destroyed by the duc de Vendôme in 1542.
• Château de la Cressonnerie, built between 1808/1812.
• The seventeenth century ‘Le Colombier’, an enormous round tower.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file