Nielles-lès-Bléquin

Nielles-lès-Bléquin
Nielles-lès-Bléquin
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Nielles-lès-Bléquin
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Lumbres
Intercommunality	Pays de Lumbres
Mayor	Francis Ducrocq
Statistics
Elevation	67–203 m (220–666 ft) (avg. 125 m/410 ft)
Land area1	12.72 km2 (4.91 sq mi)
Population2	811  (2006)
- Density	64 /km2 (170 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62613/ 62380
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°40′30″N 2°01′58″E / 50.675°N 2.03277777778°E / 50.675; 2.03277777778

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

Geography

Nielles-lès-Bléquin lies about 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Saint-Omer, at the junction of the D191 and D202 roads, on the banks of the small river Bléquin.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
759	780	714	755	760	795	811
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St. Martin, dating from the twelfth century.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Nielles-lès-Bléquin on the Quid website (French)