Dannes

Dannes
Dannes
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Dannes
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Samer
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération du Boulonnais
Mayor	Patrice Quételard (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	4–160 m (13–520 ft) (avg. 30 m/98 ft)
Land area1	10.23 km2 (3.95 sq mi)
Population2	1,258  (1999)
- Density	123 /km2 (320 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62264/ 62187
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°35′24″N 1°36′53″E / 50.59°N 1.61472222222°E / 50.59; 1.61472222222

Dannes is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A farming and light industrial village, some 8 miles (13 km) south of Boulogne, at the junction of the D940 and the D148e roads. It is bordered on the western side by the English Channel.

Population

Historical population of Dannes

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
1387	1391	1469	1353	1301	1258
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 fifteenth century.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Dannes on the Quid website (French)