Les Attaques

Les Attaques
Commune
The church of Les Attaques
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 50°54′28″N 1°56′05″E / 50.9078°N 1.9347°E / 50.9078; 1.9347Coordinates: 50°54′28″N 1°56′05″E / 50.9078°N 1.9347°E / 50.9078; 1.9347
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Calais
Canton	Calais-2
Intercommunality	CA Grand Calais Terres et Mers
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Nadine Denièle-Vanpouille
Area 1	20.81 km2 (8.03 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	2,009
• Density	97/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62043 /62730
Elevation	0–6 m (0–20 ft) (avg. 3 m or 9.8 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Les Attaques (French pronunciation: ​[le.z‿atak]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography[]

A large farming and light industrial village located 4 miles (6 km) southeast of Calais, at the junction of the N43 and D248 roads. Both the A26 ‘autoroute des Anglaises’ and the Calais-St. Omer canal pass through the commune.

Population[]

Sights[]

Underside of Les Attaques' four-way bridge

• The church of St. Pierre, dating from the nineteenth century.
• The nineteenth-century chateau Brûlé.
• Vestiges of a Capuchin abbey.
• A rare four-branch bridge

See also[]

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References[]

• INSEE commune file

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Les Attaques.

• Les Attaques official website (in French)
• Website of the football club of Les Attaques (in French)

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