La Comté

La Comté
Coat of arms
La Comté
Location within Hauts-de-France region  La Comté
Coordinates: 50°25′39″N 2°30′03″E / 50.4275°N 2.5008°ECoordinates: 50°25′39″N 2°30′03″E / 50.4275°N 2.5008°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Aubigny-en-Artois
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Roland Guillemant
Area^1	6.63 km^2 (2.56 sq mi)
Population (1999)^2	783
• Density	120/km^2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	62232 / 62150
Elevation	70–193 m (230–633 ft) (avg. 91 m or 299 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.

La Comté is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

La Comté is a farming and light industrial village situated 18 miles (29 km) northwest of Arras, at the junction of the D86 and the D86E roads, in the valley of the river Lawe.

Population

Historical population of La Comté

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	734	735	734	685	755	783
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.Martin, dating from the sixteenth century.
• An eighteenth-century farmhouse, at a site known as the old castle.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• La Comté on the Quid website (French)