Samer

For the name, see Samer (name).

Samer
Commune
The church of Samer
Coat of arms
Location of Samer
Samer Samer
Coordinates: 50°38′20″N 1°44′45″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Desvres
Intercommunality	CC Desvres-Samer
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Claude Bailly
Area 1	16.78 km2 (6.48 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	4,649
• Density	280/km2 (720/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62773 /62830
Elevation	12–199 m (39–653 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Samer (Picard: Samé) is a commune and in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
2563	2675	2845	2930	3026	3483
Census count starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St.Martin, dating from the 15th century.
• The château du Grand-Molinet, dating from the 18th century.
• The ruins of an abbey, dating from the 15th century.
• Two museums, of art and of natural history.
• The de la Vienne farmhouse (1700).

Notable people

• Eustace the Monk (c. 1170-1217), pirate and mercenary, was a Benedictine monk at Samer Abbey
• Jean Mouton (c. 1459-30 October 1522) was a French composer of the Renaissance.
• Jean-Charles Cazin (1840-1901), French landscape painter, son of a well-known doctor, FJ Cazin (1788-1864), was born at Samer.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Official town web site (in French)