Hesdin-l'Abbé

Hesdin-l'Abbé (French pronunciation: [edɛ̃ labe]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3]

Hesdin-l'Abbé
Commune
The chateau of Cléry, in Hesdin-l'Abbé
Coat of arms
Location of Hesdin-l'Abbé
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Coordinates: 50°40′10″N 1°40′55″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Outreau
Intercommunality	CA du Boulonnais
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Thierry Bentz[1]
Area 1	7.39 km2 (2.85 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	1,881
• Density	250/km2 (660/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62448 /62360
Elevation	7–130 m (23–427 ft) (avg. 11 m or 36 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 forestry and farming village situated some 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Boulogne, at the junction of the D901 (formerly the N1 Paris-Calais highway) and theD240 road. The A16 autoroute forms part of the western border of the commune and the river Liane the southern.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	789	—
1975	831	+0.74%
1982	1,396	+7.69%
1990	1,880	+3.79%
1999	1,998	+0.68%
2007	1,903	−0.61%
2012	1,884	−0.20%
2017	1,863	−0.22%
Source: INSEE[4]

Places of interest

• The church of St.Leger, dating from the seventeenth century.
• The eighteenth-century chateau d'Hesdin-l'Abbé, nowadays the Hotel Cléry.
• A seventeenth-century manorhouse.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
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