Audruicq (French pronunciation: [odʁɥik]; West Flemish: Ouderwijk) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.[3]
Audruicq
Ouderwijk | |
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_mairie.JPG) The town hall of Audruicq | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Audruicq  | |
  Audruicq  Audruicq | |
| Coordinates: 50°52′47″N 2°04′53″E / 50.8797°N 2.0814°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Calais |
| Canton | Marck |
| Intercommunality | CC Région d'Audruicq |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2022–2026) | Olivier Planque[1] |
| Area 1 | 14.44 km2 (5.58 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 5,388 |
| • Density | 370/km2 (970/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62057 /62370 |
| Elevation | 3–22 m (9.8–72.2 ft) (avg. 10 m or 33 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography edit
A town located 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Calais, at the junction of the D224 with the D309 road.
History edit
Baldwin II, Count of Flanders named it a city in 1175, rebuilding the castle and converting the surrounding marshland to tillable soil. After continuously changing authority between the 13th century and the 17th century, Audruicq finally became a French town after the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678.
Population edit
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 3,606 | — |
| 1975 | 3,616 | +0.04% |
| 1982 | 4,078 | +1.73% |
| 1990 | 4,586 | +1.48% |
| 1999 | 4,555 | −0.08% |
| 2007 | 4,636 | +0.22% |
| 2012 | 5,204 | +2.34% |
| 2017 | 5,412 | +0.79% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Sights edit
- The eighteenth-century church of St. Martin.
- The eighteenth-century château.
Personalities edit
- Gilbert Brazy: Born at Audruicq on 15 February 1902. A pilot, he disappeared, flying a "Latham47" in the Arctic in 1928 with Roald Amundsen.1
International relations edit
Audruicq is twinned with:
Hawkhurst in Kent, England, since 1998.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Audruicq.
- Audruicq, a stroll in the past
- The German Air Force in the Great War The 1916 bombing of the ammunition dump at Audruicq
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