Pittefaux

Pittefaux
Pittefaux
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Pittefaux
Coordinates: 50°45′28″N 1°41′05″E / 50.7578°N 1.6847°ECoordinates: 50°45′28″N 1°41′05″E / 50.7578°N 1.6847°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Boulogne-sur-Mer-Nord-Est
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération du Boulonnais
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Marie-Noëlle Évrard
Area^1	2.42 km^2 (0.93 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	130
• Density	54/km^2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	62658 / 62126
Elevation	13–102 m (43–335 ft) (avg. 20 m or 66 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.

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

Geography

Pittefaux is situated 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the D232 and D242 roads and by the banks of the river Wimereux.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
57	73	63	77	115	125	130
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St.Louis, dating from the nineteenth century.
• The seventeenth-century chateau of Souverain-Moulin.
• Ruins of a 14th-century castle.
• Two 17th-century manorhouses.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Pittefaux on the Quid website (French)