Beaurainville

Beaurainville

Belrem
Beaurainville Belrem
Commune
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	Coordinates: 50°25′32″N 1°53′56″E / 50.4256°N 1.8989°ECoordinates: 50°25′32″N 1°53′56″E / 50.4256°N 1.8989°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Montreuil
Canton	Auxi-le-Château
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes des Sept Vallées
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Jean Lecomte
Area 1	13.09 km2 (5.05 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	2,095
• Density	160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62100 /62990
Elevation	9–102 m (30–335 ft) ; (avg. 16 m or 52 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Beaurainville (West Flemish: Belrem) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.

Geography[]

Beaurainville is a small town situated some 6 miles (10 km) southeast of Montreuil-sur-Mer, on the D130 road and on the banks of the river Canche.

History[]

In 1064, two years before the Battle of Hastings, Harold Godwinson, then Earl of Wessex, was shipwrecked on the shores of Ponthieu and captured by Guy I, Count of Ponthieu (d.1100) who took him to his castle of Beaurain, situated 24.5 km (15.2 mi) up the River Canche from the English Channel coast, (now Le Touquet), as the Bayeux Tapestry relates: HIC APPREHENDIT WIDO HAROLDUM ET DUXIT EUM AD BELREM ET IBI EUM TENUIT ("Here Guy seized Harold and led him to Beaurain and held him there"). Duke William of Normandy demanded the release of the earl, and Count Guy delivered Harold Godwinson up after being paid a ransom for him.

Population[]

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,406	—
1968	1,566	+11.4%
1975	1,909	+21.9%
1982	1,976	+3.5%
1990	2,093	+5.9%
1999	1,994	−4.7%
2006	1,929	−3.3%
2009	1,923	−0.3%
2011	1,977	+2.8%
2014	2,067	+4.6%
2015	2,083	+0.8%