Croix-en-Ternois

Croix-en-Ternois
Croix-en-Ternois
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Croix-en-Ternois
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Saint-Polois
Mayor	Régis Béron (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	99–151 m (325–495 ft) (avg. 152 m/499 ft)
Land area1	6.62 km2 (2.56 sq mi)
Population2	255  (1999)
- Density	39 /km2 (100 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62260/ 62130
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.

Coordinates: 50°23′02″N 2°16′57″E / 50.3838888889°N 2.2825°E / 50.3838888889; 2.2825

Croix-en-Ternois is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A farming town located 28 miles (45 km) west of Arras at the junction of the N39 and D100 roads. Croix-en-Ternois is about 60 kilometres (37.3 mi) south of Calais.

Motorcycle race track

Croix-en-Ternois has a small motorcycle race track. The circuit is just over a mile long and is well-known for its very long main straight and exquisitely twisty in-field section. It is generally loved by small-bike racers for whom the twists are a joy.
The circuit is used very regularly for various car and bike race meetings, and is also frequently open for track days. The circuit is also used by the British Motorcycle Racing Club (BEMSEE) as a round of their annual race calendar.
The circuit is friendly place with a bar and cafe on site. The paddock has some power provision and has toilets and showers, though they are not up to much. In 2004 the toilet block near the circuit entrance had sparse plumbing, contents of the toilets dropped into an open sewer and flooding was common.

Population

Historical population of Croix-en-Ternois

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
202	208	193	196	218	255
From the year 1962 on: population without 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
• Remains of an 15th century castle.
• The eighteenth century château.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Croix-en-Ternois circuit
• Croix-en-Ternois on the Quid website (French)