Caffiers

Caffiers
Coat of arms
Caffiers
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Caffiers
Coordinates: 50°50′26″N 1°48′45″E / 50.8406°N 1.8125°ECoordinates: 50°50′26″N 1°48′45″E / 50.8406°N 1.8125°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Calais
Canton	Guînes
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes des Trois Pays
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Pascal Gavois
Area^1	4.77 km^2 (1.84 sq mi)
Population (1999)^2	623
• Density	130/km^2 (340/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62191 / 62132
Elevation	59–138 m (194–453 ft) (avg. 112 m or 367 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Caffiers is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A farming village located 10 miles (16 km) south of Calais, on the D250 road.

Population

Historical population of Caffiers

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007
Population	507	524	557	562	586	623	656
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.Eloi, dating from the nineteenth century.

Railways

• Gare de Caffiers on the Boulogne-Calais railway.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Caffiers on the Quid website (French)