Nielles-lès-Ardres

Nielles-lès-Ardres
Nielles-lès-Ardres
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Nielles-lès-Ardres
Coordinates: 50°50′33″N 2°01′02″E / 50.8425°N 2.0172°ECoordinates: 50°50′33″N 2°01′02″E / 50.8425°N 2.0172°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Ardres
Intercommunality	Région d'Ardres et de la Vallée de la Hem
Government
• Mayor	Jacques Henard
Area^1	4.48 km^2 (1.73 sq mi)
Population (2066)^2	482
• Density	110/km^2 (280/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62614 / 62610
Elevation	1–29 m (3.3–95.1 ft) (avg. 9 m or 30 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.

Nielles-lès-Ardres is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

Nielles-lès-Ardres lies about 14 miles (22 km) northwest of Saint-Omer, on the D225E road.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
229	261	282	344	383	444	482
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St. Pierre, dating from the year 1200.
• Ruins of the château de la Montoire, destroyed by the duc de Vendôme in 1542.
• Château de la Cressonnerie, built between 1808/1812.
• The seventeenth century ‘Le Colombier’, an enormous round tower.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Nielles-lès-Ardres on the Quid website (French)