Wanquetin

Wanquetin
Wanquetin
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Wanquetin
Coordinates: 50°16′36″N 2°36′57″E / 50.2767°N 2.6158°ECoordinates: 50°16′36″N 2°36′57″E / 50.2767°N 2.6158°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Beaumetz-lès-Loges
Intercommunality	Val de Gy
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Hanot
Area^1	10.18 km^2 (3.93 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	695
• Density	68/km^2 (180/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62874 / 62123
Elevation	82–141 m (269–463 ft) (avg. 91 m or 299 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.

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

Geography

Wanquetin is situated some 7.5 miles (12.1 km) west of Arras, at the junction of the D59 and the D7 roads.

Population

Historical population of Wanquetin

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	540	560	602	642	682	639	695
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. Martin, dating from the eighteenth century
• A nineteenth-century Protestant church
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• The CWGC communal cemetery
• The CWGC communal cemetery extension
• Website of the Communauté de Communes du Val du Gy (French)
• Wanquetin on the Quid website (French)