Landrethun-le-Nord

Landrethun-le-Nord Landerten
Commune
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Coordinates: 50°50′53″N 1°47′05″E / 50.8481°N 1.7847°E / 50.8481; 1.7847Coordinates: 50°50′53″N 1°47′05″E / 50.8481°N 1.7847°E / 50.8481; 1.7847
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Desvres
Intercommunality	CC Terre des Deux Caps
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Émile Petit
Area 1	7.7 km2 (3.0 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	1,283
• Density	170/km2 (430/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62487 /62250
Elevation	57–133 m (187–436 ft) (avg. 116 m or 381 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Landrethun-le-Nord (West Flemish: Landerten) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography[]

A farming village situated some 13 miles (21 km) northeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the D243 and D231 roads.

History[]

The area was severely bombed during 1944 as the Germans chose this commune to host the V-3 cannon launch site during World War II.

Population[]

Places of interest[]

• The church of St.Martin, dating from the twentieth century.
• The Second World War Fortress of Mimoyecques.

See also[]

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References[]

• INSEE commune file

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