- Estrée-Blanche
French commune
name= Estrée-Blanche
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Béthune
canton= Norrent-Fontes
insee=62313
cp=62145
maire=Bernard Delétré
mandat=2008 -2014
intercomm=Communauté de communes Artois Flandres
longitude=2.32194444444
latitude=50.5938888889
alt moy=43 m
alt mini=37 m
alt maxi=99 m
hectares=532
km²=5,32
sans=928
date-sans=1999
dens=174|Estrée-Blanche is a commune in the
Pas-de-Calais "département" in theNord-Pas-de-Calais region ofFrance .Geography
A farming village some convert|12|mi|km|1 to the northwest of
Béthune and convert|30|mi|km|1 west ofLille , at the junction of the D341, D186 and the D159 roads. The small rivers Surgeon and Laquette converge at the commune.
Estrée-Blanche is found at the extreme edge of thecoalmining area of Nord-Pas de Calais. Part of its surface area was owned by the mining company, which ceased in the1960 s. All that remains of that era are some typical miners' houses.Population
Places of interest
* The church of St.Vaast, dating from the
16th century .
* The15th century chateau de Crémenil, built by the Le May family in1443 See also
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department External links
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26809&req=Estrée-Blanche Estrée-Blanche on the Quid website] fr
Notes
*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the
French Wikipedia , consulted on July 14th 2008."
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