Courset
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Location within Hauts-de-France region Courset | ||
Coordinates: 50°38′49″N 1°50′32″E / 50.6469°N 1.8422°E / 50.6469; 1.8422Coordinates: 50°38′49″N 1°50′32″E / 50.6469°N 1.8422°E / 50.6469; 1.8422 | ||
Country | France | |
Region | Hauts-de-France | |
Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
Arrondissement | Boulogne-sur-Mer | |
Canton | Desvres | |
Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du Pays de la Faïence de Desvres | |
Government | ||
• Mayor (2008–2014) | Marc Denavaut | |
Area1 | 10.24 km2 (3.95 sq mi) | |
Population (1999)2 | 396 | |
• Density | 39/km2 (100/sq mi) | |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
INSEE/Postal code | 62251 / 62240 | |
Elevation |
121–209 m (397–686 ft) (avg. 118 m or 387 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. |
Courset is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
Geography
A farming and forestry village, some 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Boulogne, on the D127 road.
Population
Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 |
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Population | 321 | 328 | 363 | 334 | 365 | 396 |
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. |
Places of interest
- The church of St. Maurice, dating from the sixteenth century.
- The nineteenth-century chateau de Courset.
- The seventeenth-century manorhouse of la Gaverie.
- Remains of an old castle.
See also
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Courset. |
- Courset on the Quid website (French)
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