La Loge

La Loge
La Loge
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  La Loge
Coordinates: 50°24′28″N 2°02′03″E / 50.4078°N 2.0342°ECoordinates: 50°24′28″N 2°02′03″E / 50.4078°N 2.0342°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Montreuil
Canton	Hesdin
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de l'Hesdinois
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Roger Thuau
Area^1	0.6 km^2 (0.2 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	193
• Density	320/km^2 (830/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62521 / 62140
Elevation	100–116 m (328–381 ft) (avg. 108 m or 354 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.

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

Geography

La Loge is situated some 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Montreuil-sur-Mer on the D108 road and at the edge of the forest of Hesdin.

History

La Loge was created as the hunting lodge for the Dukes of Burgundy and the Counts of Artois. In 1944-45, the village was bombed by the Allies, destroying the German V1 launch-pads.

Population

Historical population of La Loge

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	138	171	169	159	181	185	193
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 the Nativité-de-Notre-Dame.
• A chapel dating from the seventeenth century.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• La Loge on the Quid website (French)