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Croix-en-Ternois
Administration Country France Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais Department Pas-de-Calais Arrondissement Arras Canton Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise Intercommunality Communauté de communes du Saint-Polois Mayor Régis Béron
(2008–2014)Statistics Elevation 99–151 m (325–495 ft)
(avg. 152 m/499 ft)Land area1 6.62 km2 (2.56 sq mi) Population2 255 (1999) - Density 39 /km2 (100 /sq mi) INSEE/Postal code 62260/ 62130 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. Coordinates: 50°23′02″N 2°16′57″E / 50.3838888889°N 2.2825°E
Croix-en-Ternois is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.
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Geography
A farming town located 28 miles (45 km) west of Arras at the junction of the N39 and D100 roads. Croix-en-Ternois is about 60 kilometres (37.3 mi) south of Calais.
Motorcycle race track
Croix-en-Ternois has a small motorcycle race track. The circuit is just over a mile long and is well-known for its very long main straight and exquisitely twisty in-field section. It is generally loved by small-bike racers for whom the twists are a joy.
The circuit is used very regularly for various car and bike race meetings, and is also frequently open for track days. The circuit is also used by the British Motorcycle Racing Club (BEMSEE) as a round of their annual race calendar.
The circuit is friendly place with a bar and cafe on site. The paddock has some power provision and has toilets and showers, though they are not up to much. In 2004 the toilet block near the circuit entrance had sparse plumbing, contents of the toilets dropped into an open sewer and flooding was common.Population
Historical population of Croix-en-Ternois 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 202 208 193 196 218 255 From the year 1962 on: population without double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. Places of interest
- The church of St.Martin, dating from the nineteenth century
- Remains of an 15th century castle.
- The eighteenth century château.
See also
References
External links
Drivers Circuits Categories:- Communes of Pas-de-Calais
- Motorsport venues in France
- Arras arrondissement geography stubs
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