Estréelles

Estréelles
Estréelles
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Estréelles
Coordinates: 50°29′59″N 1°47′05″E / 50.4997°N 1.7847°ECoordinates: 50°29′59″N 1°47′05″E / 50.4997°N 1.7847°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Montreuil
Canton	Etaples
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Montreuillois
Government
• Mayor	Dominique Szczepanski
Area^1	3.18 km^2 (1.23 sq mi)
Population (1999)^2	269
• Density	85/km^2 (220/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62315 / 62170
Elevation	5–79 m (16–259 ft) (avg. 10 m or 33 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.

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

Geography

A village situated some 3 miles (5 km) northeast of Montreuil-sur-Mer at the D127 road.

Population

Historical population of Estréelles

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	157	164	163	176	229	269
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 seventeenth century church of Saint Omer
• The former Protestant church of the late 15th century, which was demolished in 1970. Foundations of chequered sandstone and carved flint are all that remain.

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  The Protestant church, known as "The fort".

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  Front view

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  Side view

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  From the valley

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  During demolition, in 1970

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  An artist's impression

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  Newspaper article

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  The village church

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Estréelles on the Quid website (French)