Couin

Couin
Commune
The church of Couin
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 50°07′50″N 2°33′09″E / 50.1306°N 2.5525°E / 50.1306; 2.5525Coordinates: 50°07′50″N 2°33′09″E / 50.1306°N 2.5525°E / 50.1306; 2.5525
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Avesnes-le-Comte
Intercommunality	CC Campagnes de l'Artois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Francis Savoye
Area 1	5.82 km2 (2.25 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	104
• Density	18/km2 (46/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62242 /62760
Elevation	90–159 m (295–522 ft) (avg. 135 m or 443 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Couin is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography[]

A small farming village located 16 miles (25 km) southwest of Arras at the junction of the D25 and D2 roads, by the banks of the Authie river.

Population[]

Places of interest[]

• The church of St.Pierre, dating from the seventeenth century.
• The eighteenth-century chateau.
• Three Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries.

The chateau, built in 1748 by Philippe de Landas, Count of Louvignies

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Part of the church

See also[]

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References[]

• INSEE commune file

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Couin.

• The CWGC cemeteries
• Château de Couin website

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