Les Attaques

Les Attaques
Coat of arms
Les Attaques
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Les Attaques
Coordinates: 50°54′28″N 1°56′05″E / 50.9078°N 1.9347°ECoordinates: 50°54′28″N 1°56′05″E / 50.9078°N 1.9347°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Calais
Canton	Calais-Centre
Intercommunality	Sud-Ouest du Calaisis
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jacques Rivenet
Area^1	20.81 km^2 (8.03 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	2,000
• Density	96/km^2 (250/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62043 / 62730
Elevation	0–6 m (0–20 ft) (avg. 3 m or 9.8 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.

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

Geography

A large farming and light industrial village located 4 miles (6 km) southeast of Calais, at the junction of the N43 and D248 roads. Both the A26 ‘autoroute des Anglaises’ and the Calais-St. Omer canal pass through the commune.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,773	—
1968	1,790	+1.0%
1975	1,775	−0.8%
1982	1,878	+5.8%
1990	1,887	+0.5%
1999	1,821	−3.5%
2009	2,000	+9.8%

Sights

• The church of St. Pierre, dating from the nineteenth century.
• The nineteenth-century chateau Brûlé.
• Vestiges of a Capuchin abbey.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Les Attaques official website (French)
• Website of the football club of Les Attaques (French)
• Les Attaques on the Quid website (French)