Humières

Humières
Coat of arms
Humières
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Humières
Coordinates: 50°23′20″N 2°12′29″E / 50.3889°N 2.2081°ECoordinates: 50°23′20″N 2°12′29″E / 50.3889°N 2.2081°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Saint-Polois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	René Larousse
Area^1	6.81 km^2 (2.63 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	242
• Density	36/km^2 (92/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62468 / 62130
Elevation	83–133 m (272–436 ft) (avg. 128 m or 420 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.

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

Geography

A farming village situated 28 miles (45 km) west of Arras, at the junction of the N39, D105 and the D98 roads.

Population

Historical population of Humières

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	225	248	224	243	219	232	242
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. Martin, dating from the seventeenth century.
• The eighteenth-century chateau.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Humières on the Quid website (French)