La Comté
La Comté | |
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 A general view of La Comté | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of La Comté  | |
  La Comté  La Comté | |
| Coordinates: 50°25′39″N 2°30′03″E / 50.4275°N 2.5008°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Béthune |
| Canton | Bruay-la-Buissière |
| Intercommunality | CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Joëlle Alleman[1] |
Area 1 | 6.63 km2 (2.56 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 882 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (340/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62232 /62150 |
| Elevation | 70–193 m (230–633 ft) (avg. 91 m or 299 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
La Comté (French pronunciation: [la kɔ̃te]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[3]
Geography
[edit]La Comté is a farming and light industrial village situated 18 miles (29 km) northwest of Arras, at the junction of the D86 and the D86E roads, in the valley of the river Lawe.
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 735 | — |
| 1975 | 734 | −0.02% |
| 1982 | 685 | −0.98% |
| 1990 | 755 | +1.22% |
| 1999 | 783 | +0.41% |
| 2007 | 835 | +0.81% |
| 2012 | 830 | −0.12% |
| 2017 | 935 | +2.41% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Places of interest
[edit]- The church of St.Martin, dating from the sixteenth century.
- An eighteenth-century farmhouse, at a site known as the old castle.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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