Houlle

Houlle

Holne
Houlle Holne
Commune
	The town hall of Houlle
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 50°47′48″N 2°10′25″E / 50.7967°N 2.1736°ECoordinates: 50°47′48″N 2°10′25″E / 50.7967°N 2.1736°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Saint-Omer
Intercommunality	Pays de Saint-Omer
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Hervé Berteloot
Area 1	6.52 km2 (2.52 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	1,137
• Density	170/km2 (450/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62458 /62910
Elevation	0–96 m (0–315 ft) ; (avg. 7 m or 23 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Houlle (West Flemish: Holne) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography[]

A village situated 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Saint-Omer, on the D207 road. "The Houlle" is also the name of a small river close to the village, tributary of the Aa, included in the water management plan (fr:SAGE) of the Audomarois region.

Economy[]

A gin alembic

Spirits from grain, flavoured with berries of the juniper tree, are distilled in Houlle, the Genièvre (juniper) of Houlle; this spirit is very close to the Dutch jenever and more distantly related to dry gin. This is drunk with the local speciality, (potjevleesch) and is used to refine Maroilles cheese.

Population[]

Historical population of Houlle
Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	564	657	575	650	864	917	966
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 St. John the Baptiste, dating from the twelfth century.
Some 18th-century wells.

References[]

INSEE commune file

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.