- Landrethun-le-Nord
French commune
name= Landrethun-le-Nord
region=
departement=
arrondissement=
canton= Marquise
insee=62487
cp=62250
maire=Émile Petit
mandat=2008 -2014
intercomm=Communauté de communes de la Terre des Deux Caps
longitude=1.78472222222
latitude=50.8480555556
alt moy=116 m
alt mini=57 m
alt maxi=133 m
hectares=770
km²=7,7
sans=906
date-sans=1999
dens=117|Landrethun-le-Nord is a commune in the
Pas-de-Calais "département" in theNord-Pas-de-Calais region ofFrance .Geography
A farming village situated some convert|13|mi|km northeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the D243 and D231 roads.
History
The area was severely bombed during
1944 as the Germans chose this commune to host theV-3 cannon launch site duringWorld War II .Population
Places of interest
* The church of St.Martin, dating from the
20th century .
* AWorld War II museum at the hamlet ofMimoyecques .See also
*
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department External links
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26977&req=Landrethun-le-Nord Landrethun-le-Nord on the Quid website] fr
Notes
*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the
French Wikipedia , consulted on September 5th 2008."
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