Rang-du-Fliers
Rang-du-Fliers | |
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 The town hall and church of Rang-du-Fliers | |
Location of Rang-du-Fliers  | |
  Rang-du-Fliers  Rang-du-Fliers | |
| Coordinates: 50°25′06″N 1°38′26″E / 50.4183°N 1.6406°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Montreuil |
| Canton | Berck |
| Intercommunality | CA Deux Baies en Montreuillois |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Claude Coin[1] |
Area 1 | 10.47 km2 (4.04 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 4,386 |
| • Density | 420/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62688 /62180 |
| Elevation | 3–48 m (9.8–157.5 ft) (avg. 11 m or 36 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Rang-du-Fliers (French pronunciation: [ʁɑ̃ dy flije]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France[3] 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Montreuil-sur-Mer.
History
[edit]Rang-du-Fliers became a commune in 1870, having been previously only a hamlet of Verton.[citation needed]
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 2,224 | — |
| 1975 | 2,789 | +3.29% |
| 1982 | 3,297 | +2.42% |
| 1990 | 3,579 | +1.03% |
| 1999 | 3,612 | +0.10% |
| 2007 | 4,022 | +1.35% |
| 2012 | 4,125 | +0.51% |
| 2017 | 4,171 | +0.22% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Notable people
[edit]- Micheline Ostermeyer, Olympic champion athlete and pianist, was born here.
Twin towns
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "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
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rang-du-Fliers.
- Tourist Office of Rang-du-Fliers (in French)
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