Montcavrel

Montcavrel
Location of Montcavrel
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Montreuil
Canton	Étaples
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Montreuillois
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Michel Leroy
Area 1	9.56 km2 (3.69 sq mi)
Population  (2006)	345
• Density	36/km2 (93/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62585 /62170
Elevation	11–131 m (36–430 ft) (avg. 24 m or 79 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Montcavrel is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

Montcavrel is situated in the valley of the small river Bimoise, 4 miles (6 km) north of Montreuil-sur-Mer, on the D149 and D150 road junction.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
347	401	402	341	330	332	345
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The fifteenth-century church of St.Quentin.
• The château d'Hérambault 1845, in Renaissance style
• The nineteenth-century château de Montéchor.
• A watermill at Fordres.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Montcavrel on the Quid website Template:Fr