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Nielles-lès-Ardres
Administration Country France Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais Department Pas-de-Calais Arrondissement Saint-Omer Canton Ardres Intercommunality Région d'Ardres et de la Vallée de la Hem Mayor Jacques Henard Statistics Elevation 1–29 m (3.3–95 ft)
(avg. 9 m/30 ft)Land area1 4.48 km2 (1.73 sq mi) Population2 482 (2066) - Density 108 /km2 (280 /sq mi) INSEE/Postal code 62614/ 62610 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°50′33″N 2°01′02″E / 50.8425°N 2.01722222222°E
Nielles-lès-Ardres is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.
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Geography
Nielles-lès-Ardres lies about 14 miles (22 km) northwest of Saint-Omer, on the D225E road.
Population
Population history 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 229 261 282 344 383 444 482 Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates Places of interest
- The church of St. Pierre, dating from the year 1200.
- Ruins of the château de la Montoire, destroyed by the duc de Vendôme in 1542.
- Château de la Cressonnerie, built between 1808/1812.
- The seventeenth century ‘Le Colombier’, an enormous round tower.
See also
References
External links
Categories:- Communes of Pas-de-Calais
- Pas-de-Calais geography stubs
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