Le Ponchel

Le Ponchel
Le Ponchel
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Le Ponchel
Coordinates: 50°15′28″N 2°04′30″E / 50.2578°N 2.075°ECoordinates: 50°15′28″N 2°04′30″E / 50.2578°N 2.075°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Auxi-le-Château
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de l'Auxillois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jacqueline Dewarumetz
Area^1	4.68 km^2 (1.81 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	232
• Density	50/km^2 (130/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62665 / 62390
Elevation	22–116 m (72–381 ft) (avg. 27 m or 89 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.

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

Geography

Le Ponchel is situated 34 miles (55 km) west of Arras, at the junction of the D121 and the D119 roads, on the banks of the Authie river, the border with the department of the Somme.

Population

Historical population of Le Ponchel

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	221	230	192	193	210	213	232
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.Jean, dating from the eighteenth century.
• An eighteenth-century watermill.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Ponchel Le Ponchel on the Quid website (French)