Couin

Couin
Coat of arms
Couin
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Couin
Coordinates: 50°07′50″N 2°33′09″E / 50.1306°N 2.5525°ECoordinates: 50°07′50″N 2°33′09″E / 50.1306°N 2.5525°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Pas-en-Artois
Intercommunality	Deux Sources
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Francis Savoye
Area^1	5.82 km^2 (2.25 sq mi)
Population (1999)^2	90
• Density	15/km^2 (40/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62242 / 62760
Elevation	90–159 m (295–522 ft) (avg. 135 m or 443 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.

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

Geography

A small farming village located 16 miles (25 km) southwest of Arras at the junction of the D25 and D2 roads, by the banks of the Authie river.

Population

Historical population of Couin

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	59	90	91	79	71	90
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.Pierre, dating from the seventeenth century.
• The eighteenth-century chateau.
• Three Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries.

The chateau, built in 1748 by Philippe de Landas, Count of Louvignies

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Part of the church

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• The CWGC cemeteries
• Château de Couin website
• Couin on the Quid website (French)