Courset is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[3]
Courset | |
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 The church of Courset | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Courset  | |
  Courset  Courset | |
| Coordinates: 50°38′49″N 1°50′32″E / 50.6469°N 1.8422°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Boulogne-sur-Mer |
| Canton | Desvres |
| Intercommunality | CC Desvres-Samer |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Marc Denavaut[1] |
| Area 1 | 10.24 km2 (3.95 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 512 |
| • Density | 50/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62251 /62240 |
| Elevation | 121–209 m (397–686 ft) (avg. 118 m or 387 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography edit
A farming and forestry village, some 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Boulogne, on the D127 road.
Population edit
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 338 | — |
| 1975 | 363 | +1.02% |
| 1982 | 334 | −1.18% |
| 1990 | 365 | +1.12% |
| 1999 | 396 | +0.91% |
| 2007 | 445 | +1.47% |
| 2012 | 506 | +2.60% |
| 2017 | 515 | +0.35% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Places of interest edit
- The church of St. Maurice, dating from the sixteenth century.
- The nineteenth-century chateau de Courset.
- The seventeenth-century manorhouse of la Gaverie.
- Remains of an old castle.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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