Montcavrel

Montcavrel
Montcavrel
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Montcavrel
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Montreuil
Canton	Étaples
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Montreuillois
Mayor	Michel Leroy (2001–2008)
Statistics
Elevation	11–131 m (36–430 ft) (avg. 24 m/79 ft)
Land area1	9.56 km2 (3.69 sq mi)
Population2	345  (2006)
- Density	36 /km2 (93 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62585/ 62170
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°30′59″N 1°48′41″E / 50.5163888889°N 1.81138888889°E / 50.5163888889; 1.81138888889

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

Geography

Montcavrel is situated in the valley of the small river Bimoise, 4 miles (6 km) north of Montreuil-sur-Mer, on the D149 and D150 road junction.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
347	401	402	341	330	332	345
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The fifteenth century church of St.Quentin.
• The château d'Hérambault 1845, in Renaissance style
• The nineteenth century château de Montéchor.
• A watermill at Fordres.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Montcavrel on the Quid website (French)