Hesdin-l'Abbé

French commune
name= Hesdin-l’Abbé
region=
departement=
arrondissement=
canton= Samer
insee=62448
cp=62360
maire=Jacques Pochet
mandat= 2008-2014
intercomm=Communauté d'agglomération du Boulonnais
longitude=1.68194444444
latitude=50.6694444444
alt moy=11 m
alt mini=7 m
alt maxi=130 m
hectares=739
km²=7,39
sans=1998
date-sans=1999
dens=270|

Hesdin-l’Abbé is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais "département" in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A forestry and farming village situated some convert|5|mi|km south of Boulogne, at the junction of the D901 (formerly the N1 Paris-Calais highway) and theD240 road. The A16 autoroute forms part of the western border of the commune and the river Liane the southern.

Population

Places of interest

* The church of St.Leger, dating from the 17th century.
* The 18th century chateau d'Hesdin-l'Abbé, nowadays the Hotel Cléry.
* A 17th century manorhouse.

See also

*Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26938&req=Hesdin-l’Abbé Hesdin-l’Abbé on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on September 5th 2008."