La Calotterie
La Calotterie | |
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 Chateau | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of La Calotterie  | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Montreuil |
| Canton | Montreuil |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du Montreuillois |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2001–2008) | Jean Lebas |
| Area 1 | 9.48 km2 (3.66 sq mi) |
| Population (1999) | 559 |
| • Density | 59/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62196 /62170 |
| Elevation | 2–58 m (6.6–190.3 ft) (avg. 5 m or 16 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
La Calotterie is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.
Geography
A small village situated some 2 miles (3 km) northwest of Montreuil-sur-Mer at the D146 and D149 crossroads.
Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 309 | 332 | 357 | 401 | 550 | 559 |
| From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. | ||||||
Visemarest and Quentovic
Close to the village of La Calotterie is the hamlet of Visemarest. Excavations coordinated by Dr David Hill of Manchester University between 1984 and 1991 uncovered the remains of a substantial early-medieval settlement there. This is now accepted as the site of the port and trading settlement of Quentovic or 'Quentovicus', although the finds from the excavations are located in the Musée de Quentovic in Étaples (the museum predating the discovery of the site itself by a number of years).[1]
Places of interest
- The church of St.Firmin, dating from the eighteenth century.
- Three Chateaux nearby.
See also
References
- ^ Hill, D. et al. (1990)
- Hill, D. et al. (1990). 'Quentovic defined', Antiquity, 64, no. 242.
- INSEE commune file
External links
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