Journy

French commune
name= Journy
region=
departement=
arrondissement=
canton= Ardres
insee=62478
cp=62850
maire=Vincent Charlemagne
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Communauté de communes de la Région d'Ardres et de la Vallée de la Hem
longitude=1.99583333333
latitude=50.7533333333
alt moy=144 m
alt mini=69 m
alt maxi=184 m
hectares=335
km²=3,35
sans=230
date-sans=1999
dens=68|

Journy is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais "département" in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A village situated 10 miles (16km) west of Saint-Omer, on the D191 road. The area around the village was once a heath called "Les Dornes", which regularly caught fire along the railway line from Anvin to Calais, perhaps as a result of sparks from the engine. The local newspaper (the Independent) reported, for example, that in April 1908, 70 acres of the Dornes and 35 acres of woodland of the "ancient seigneurie of Journy" have repeatedly burned, with a fire still raging 3 hours after the passing of the train, which justified a police investigation. [Journal l’Indépendant, semaine du 31 mars au 6 avril 1908] .

Population

Places of interest

* The church of St.Omer, dating from the 16th century.

See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=62478&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Journy on the Insee website] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26968&req=Journy Journy on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on May 14th 2008."