Acquin-Westbécourt

French commune
name= Acquin-Westbécourt
region=
departement=
arrondissement=
canton=Lumbres
insee=62008
cp=62380
maire=Hubert Maillot
mandat=
intercomm=Pays de Lumbres
longitude=2.09
latitude=50.7280555556
alt moy=80 m
alt mini=60
alt maxi=178 m
hectares=1429
km²=14.29
sans=625
date-sans=1999
dens=43|

Acquin-Westbécourt is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.

Geography

A village, located 9 miles (15km) west of Saint-Omer, at the D225 and D208 crossroads.Seven hamlets are found within the commune: Le val d'Acquin, Lauwerdal, Nordal, Le Poovre, Westbécourt, Merzoil et and La Wattine.A large regional nature reserve has been created in the area, of great ecological interest. [http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000018217161&dateTexte Décret n° 2008-219 du 5 mars 2008 créant la réserve naturelle nationale de la grotte et des pelouses d'Acquin-Westbécourt et des coteaux de Wavrans-sur-l'Aa (Pas-de-Calais)]

History

First mentioned by the name of "Atcona" in the 10th century. Acquin and Westbécourt were joined as a single commune on the 1st of January 1974.

Population

Places of interest

* The church of St.Pétronille, dating from the 16th century.
* The church of St.Eloi at Westbécourt, dating from the Middle Ages.

See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

External links

* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=62008&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Acquin-Westbécourt on the Insee website] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26508&req=Acquin-Westbécourt Acquin-Westbécourt on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia."