Campagne-lès-Guines

Campagne-lès-Guînes
Commune
The town hall of Campagne-lès-Guines
Coat of arms
Location of Campagne-lès-Guînes
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Coordinates: 50°50′26″N 1°54′17″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Calais
Canton	Calais-2
Intercommunality	CC Pays d'Opale
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bruno Demilly[1]
Area ^1	5.72 km^2 (2.21 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	426
• Density	74/km^2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62203 /62340
Elevation	21–160 m (69–525 ft) (avg. 45 m or 148 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Campagne-lès-Guines (French pronunciation: [kɑ̃paɲ lɛ ɡin], literally Campagne near Guines) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas de Calais region of France.^[3]

Geography

A farming village located 10 miles (16 km) south of Calais, on the D248 and D215 road junction.

History

The meeting between Francis I and Henry VIII took place here at Campagne-lès-Guînes in 1546 to conclude the peace treaty of Ardres, which saw Boulogne returned to the French crown, for a sizeable sum of money.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	295	—
1975	296	+0.05%
1982	370	+3.24%
1990	406	+1.17%
1999	452	+1.20%
2007	454	+0.06%
2012	451	−0.13%
2017	445	−0.27%
Source: INSEE[4]

Places of interest

• The church of St.Martin, dating from the nineteenth century.
• The nineteenth-century château..

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE