Sarton, Pas-de-Calais

Sarton
Commune
The church of Sarton
Coat of arms
Location of Sarton
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Coordinates: 50°07′18″N 2°26′01″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Avesnes-le-Comte
Intercommunality	CC Campagnes de l'Artois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Bernard Bottin
Area 1	6.6 km2 (2.5 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	192
• Density	29/km2 (75/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62779 /62760
Elevation	67–131 m (220–430 ft) (avg. 74 m or 243 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Geography

Sarton lies on the banks of the river Authie, some 23 miles (37.0 km) southwest of Arras, at the junction of the D1E and D938 roads.

The average altitude of Sarton is 74 meters. With a surface area of 6.6 km², it is the 549^th largest commune in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais, out of 1,549 communes in total.

Population

The inhabitants are called Sartonais.

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
237	206	200	163	150	162	173
Census count starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the sixteenth century.
• An old mill.
• Les Jardins de Sans-Soucis (the Worriless Gardens), a garden built in 1998 around a 16^th to 17^th century manor with topiaries, including a collection of old garden tools and a permanent art exhibition.

See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file