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Desvres
Administration Country France Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais Department Pas-de-Calais Arrondissement Boulogne-sur-Mer Canton Desvres Intercommunality Communauté de communes de Desvres - Samer Mayor Gérard Pécron
(2008–2014)Statistics Elevation 42–208 m (138–682 ft) Land area1 9.42 km2 (3.64 sq mi) Population2 5,056 (2006) - Density 537 /km2 (1,390 /sq mi) INSEE/Postal code 62268/ 62240 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°40′07″N 1°50′07″E / 50.668612°N 1.835278°E
Desvres is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. It is a market town, known for its pottery.
In 1999 its population was 5,260 inhabitants for the commune and 14,164 inhabitants for the canton.
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Categories:- Communes of Pas-de-Calais
- Pas-de-Calais geography stubs
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