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Dannes

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Dannes
Coat of arms of Dannes
Location of Dannes
Map
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentPas-de-Calais
ArrondissementBoulogne-sur-Mer
CantonSamer
IntercommunalityCommunauté d'agglomération du Boulonnais
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Patrice Quételard
Area
1
10.23 km2 (3.95 sq mi)
Population
 (1999)
1,258
 • Density120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
62264 /62187
Elevation4–160 m (13–525 ft)
(avg. 30 m or 98 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Geography

A farming and light industrial village, some 8 miles (13 km) south of Boulogne, at the junction of the D940 and the D148e roads. It is bordered on the western side by the English Channel.

Population

Historical population of Dannes
Year196219681975198219901999
Population138713911469135313011258
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 fifteenth century.

See also

References