Vieille-Église

Vieille-Église
Vieille-Église
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Vieille-Église
Coordinates: 50°55′45″N 2°04′39″E / 50.9292°N 02.0775°ECoordinates: 50°55′45″N 2°04′39″E / 50.9292°N 02.0775°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Audruicq
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de la Région d'Audruicq
Government
• Mayor	M. Dominique Pourre
Area^1	21.12 km^2 (8.15 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	1,241
• Density	59/km^2 (150/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62852 / 62162
Elevation	1–5 m (3.3–16.4 ft) (avg. 8 m or 26 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.

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

Geography

Vieille-Église is located 9 miles (15 km) east of Calais, at the D229 and D255 road junction, just a hundred yards from the A16 autoroute.

Population

Historical population of Vieille-Église

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	902	940	980	1003	968	1139	1241
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 Saint Omer, dating from the nineteenth century.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Vieille-Église on the Quid website (French)