Saint-Hilaire-Cottes

Saint-Hilaire-Cottes
Location of Saint-Hilaire-Cottes
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Norrent-Fontes
Intercommunality	Artois Flandres
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Philippe Cauwet
Area 1	7.24 km2 (2.80 sq mi)
Population  (2006)	808
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62750 /62120
Elevation	24–102 m (79–335 ft) (avg. 65 m or 213 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Hilaire-Cottes is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

Saint-Hilaire-Cottes is situated some 10 miles (16.1 km) northwest of Béthune and 37 miles (59.5 km) west of Lille, at the junction of the D943 and D91 roads.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
749	753	725	752	750	734	808
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St. Hilaire, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The church of St. Omer, at Cottes, dating from the fifteenth century.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission graves.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• The CWGC graves in the churchyard
• Saint-Hilaire-Cottes on the Quid website Template:Fr