Nielles-lès-Ardres

Nielles-lès-Ardres (French pronunciation: [njɛl lɛ.z‿aʁdʁ], literally Nielles near Ardres; Dutch: Niel-bij-Aarde) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3]

Nielles-lès-Ardres
Commune
The town hall of Nielles-lès-Ardres
Coat of arms
Location of Nielles-lès-Ardres
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Coordinates: 50°50′33″N 2°01′02″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Calais
Canton	Calais-2
Intercommunality	CC Pays d'Opale
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pierre-Eloi Calais[1]
Area 1	4.48 km2 (1.73 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	589
• Density	130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62614 /62610
Elevation	1–29 m (3.3–95.1 ft) (avg. 9 m or 30 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Nielles-lès-Ardres lies about 14 miles (22 km) northwest of Saint-Omer, on the D225E road.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	261	—
1975	282	+1.11%
1982	344	+2.88%
1990	383	+1.35%
1999	444	+1.66%
2007	484	+1.08%
2012	521	+1.48%
2017	557	+1.35%
Source: INSEE[4]

Places of interest

• The church of St. Pierre, dating from the year 1200.
• Ruins of the château de la Montoire, destroyed by the duc de Vendôme in 1542.
• Château de la Cressonnerie, built between 1808/1812.
• The seventeenth century ‘Le Colombier’, an enormous round tower.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE