Sainte-Catherine, Pas-de-Calais

Sainte-Catherine
Commune
A view within Sainte-Catherine
Coat of arms
Location of Sainte-Catherine
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Coordinates: 50°18′28″N 2°45′50″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Arras-1
Intercommunality	CU d'Arras
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Alain Van Ghelder[1]
Area ^1	4.4 km^2 (1.7 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	3,594
• Density	820/km^2 (2,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62744 /62223
Elevation	53–105 m (174–344 ft) (avg. 57 m or 187 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sainte-Catherine (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t katʁin] ^ⓘ; also unofficially: Sainte-Catherine-lès-Arras, [sɛ̃t katʁin lez‿aʁas], literally Sainte-Catherine near Arras; Picard: Sainte-Cat'leine-lès-Aro) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France^[3] 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the centre of Arras.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,105	—
1975	2,438	+2.12%
1982	3,203	+3.98%
1990	3,132	−0.28%
1999	3,017	−0.41%
2007	3,402	+1.51%
2012	3,401	−0.01%
2017	3,511	+0.64%
Source: INSEE[4]

Notable people

• Mathieu Assou-Ekotto (born 1978), former footballer
• Nando de Colo (born 1987), basketball player

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
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

External links

• Official website of Sainte-Catherine (in French)