Cauchy-à-la-Tour

Cauchy-à-la-Tour
Cauchy-à-la-Tour
Commune
	The church of Cauchy-à-la-Tour
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 50°30′16″N 2°27′09″E / 50.5044°N 2.4525°ECoordinates: 50°30′16″N 2°27′09″E / 50.5044°N 2.4525°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Auchel
Intercommunality	CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jacques Flahaut
Area 1	3.13 km2 (1.21 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	2,768
• Density	880/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62217 /62260
Elevation	82–116 m (269–381 ft) ; (avg. 115 m or 377 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Cauchy-à-la-Tour (Picard: El-Cauchie-à-l’Tour; Dutch:"Turringhem" (house of the sons of Turr)) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography[]

A farming and ex-coalmining village some 10 miles (16.1 km) southwest of Béthune and 30 miles (48.3 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D183 and the D341 roads.

Population[]

Historical population of Cauchy-à-la-Tour
Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	2981	2997	2696	2712	2907	2856
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest[]

The church of Saint-Pierre, rebuilt after the First World War.
The war memorial.
Ruins of an old castle.

Notable people[]

Philippe Pétain, marshal of France, was born here on the 24 April 1856.

References[]

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.