Campagne-lès-Guines

Campagne-lès-Guines is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas de Calais region of France.

Campagne-lès-Guînes
Commune
The town hall of Campagne-lès-Guines
Coat of arms
Location of Campagne-lès-Guînes
Campagne-lès-Guînes
Campagne-lès-Guînes
Coordinates: 50°50′26″N 1°54′17″E
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentPas-de-Calais
ArrondissementCalais
CantonCalais-2
IntercommunalityCC Pays d'Opale
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Philippe Demilly
Area
1
5.72 km2 (2.21 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
445
 • Density78/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
62203 /62340
Elevation21–160 m (69–525 ft)
(avg. 45 m or 148 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

A farming village located 10 miles (16 km) south of Calais, on the D248 and D215 road junction.

History

The meeting between Francis I and Henry VIII took place here at Campagne-lès-Guînes in 1546 to conclude the peace treaty of Ardres, which saw Boulogne returned to the French crown, for a sizeable sum of money.

Population
Historical population of Campagne-lès-Guines
Year196219681975198219901999
Population254295296370406452
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 nineteenth century.
  • The nineteenth-century château..

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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