Blendecques

Blendecques
Coat of arms
Blendecques
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Blendecques
Coordinates: 50°43′04″N 2°16′38″E / 50.7178°N 2.2772°ECoordinates: 50°43′04″N 2°16′38″E / 50.7178°N 2.2772°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Arques
Intercommunality	Saint-Omer
Government
• Mayor	André Bultel
Area^1	9.56 km^2 (3.69 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	5,171
• Density	540/km^2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	62139 / 62575
Elevation	7–93 m (23–305 ft) (avg. 25 m or 82 ft)
^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.

Blendecques is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.

Geography

A town situated 3 miles (5 km) south of Saint-Omer, at the junction of the D77, D210 and D211 roads. The river Aa flows through the commune.
The town has a football team and a basketball team.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	3,943	—
1968	4,431	+12.4%
1975	5,014	+13.2%
1982	5,338	+6.5%
1990	5,210	−2.4%
1999	5,186	−0.5%
2009	5,171	−0.3%

Personalities

• Alfred Machin, filmmaker, was born here.

Sights

• The nineteenth-century church of St. Gilles.
• The Chapelle de Soyecques.
• The eighteenth-century Château de La Garenne.
• Another Château of the 19th century .
• The abbey of Sainte-Colombe, dating from the twelfth century.
• The remains of some old watermills and lime-kilns.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Football Club Patriote of Blendecques (French)
• Blendecques on the Quid website (French)