Auxi-le-Château

Auxi-le-Château (French pronunciation: [oksi lə ʃɑto]; Picard: Aussi-ch’Catiau) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.^[3]

Auxi-le-Château
Commune
The town centre of Auxi-le-Château
Coat of arms
Location of Auxi-le-Château
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Coordinates: 50°13′53″N 2°06′56″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Auxi-le-Château
Intercommunality	CC du Ternois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Henri Dejonghe[1]
Area 1	27.08 km2 (10.46 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,549
• Density	94/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62060 /62390
Elevation	25–138 m (82–453 ft) (avg. 34 m or 112 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

A farming town located 28 miles (45 km) west south west of Arras at the junction of the D938, D933 and D941 roads. The Authie river flows through the town, which once divided the commune into two parts, one in the Pas-de-Calais and the other in the Somme department. It is so named because it was a border fort, but there is now no sign of a castle, apart from some ruins at the top of the Chemin de la Belle Inutile.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,099	—
1975	3,229	+0.59%
1982	3,187	−0.19%
1990	3,051	−0.54%
1999	3,065	+0.05%
2007	2,956	−0.45%
2012	2,829	−0.87%
2017	2,639	−1.38%
Source: INSEE[4]

History

Until the abolition of the Provinces of France in 1791, Auxi-le-Château was part of the province of Picardy.

Sights

The Saint Martin's church (16th century).

• The Flamboyant Gothic Saint Martin's church (16th century)^[5]
• The neo-Gothic Town Hall.
• The ruins of a 12th-century castle.
• Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century houses.
• Watermills.
• The Museum of Arts and Folklife, in a former rectory.
• Two 19th-century chapels.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department