Crémarest

Crémarest
Crémarest
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Crémarest
Coordinates: 50°42′01″N 1°47′10″E / 50.7003°N 1.7861°ECoordinates: 50°42′01″N 1°47′10″E / 50.7003°N 1.7861°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Desvres
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Pays de la Faïence de Desvres
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Claude Prudhomme
Area^1	11.69 km^2 (4.51 sq mi)
Population (1999)^2	658
• Density	56/km^2 (150/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62255 / 62240
Elevation	24–108 m (79–354 ft) (avg. 35 m or 115 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.

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

Geography

A farming and forestry village, some 8 miles (13 km) east of Boulogne, at the junction of the D238 and the D254 roads, by the banks of the river Liane.

Population

Historical population of Crémarest

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	490	495	486	462	563	658
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. Espirit, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The seventeenth-century chateau of La Freynoye.
• Remains of an old castle.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Crémarest on the Quid website (French)