La Calotterie
Appearance
La Calotterie | |
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Coordinates: 50°28′36″N 1°43′41″E / 50.4767°N 1.7281°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Pas-de-Calais |
Arrondissement | Montreuil |
Canton | Berck |
Intercommunality | CA Deux Baies en Montreuillois |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Franck Leurette[1] |
Area 1 | 9.48 km2 (3.66 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 593 |
• Density | 63/km2 (160/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC 01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC 02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 62196 /62170 |
Elevation | 2–58 m (6.6–190.3 ft) (avg. 5 m or 16 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
La Calotterie (French pronunciation: [la kalɔtʁi]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[3]
Geography
[edit]A small village situated some 2 miles (3 km) northwest of Montreuil-sur-Mer at the D146 and D149 crossroads.
Population
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 332 | — |
1975 | 357 | 1.04% |
1982 | 401 | 1.67% |
1990 | 550 | 4.03% |
1999 | 559 | 0.18% |
2007 | 597 | 0.83% |
2012 | 650 | 1.72% |
2017 | 643 | −0.22% |
Source: INSEE[4] |
Visemarest and Quentovic
[edit]Close to the village of La Calotterie is the hamlet of Visemarest. Excavations coordinated by Dr David Hill of Manchester University between 1984 and 1991 uncovered the remains of a substantial early-medieval settlement there. This is now accepted as the site of the port and trading settlement of Quentovic or 'Quentovicus', although the finds from the excavations are located in the Musée de Quentovic in Étaples (the museum predating the discovery of the site itself by a number of years).[5]
Places of interest
[edit]- The church of St. Firmin, dating from the eighteenth century.
- Three Chateaux nearby.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Hill, D. et al. (1990)
- Hill, D. et al. (1990). 'Quentovic defined', Antiquity, 64, no. 242.
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