Audruicq Ouderwijk | |
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Location of Audruicq  | |
)  Audruicq ) Audruicq | |
| Coordinates: 50°52′47″N 2°04′53″E / 50.8797°N 2.0814°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Calais |
| Canton | Marck |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de la Région d'Audruicq |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Nicole Chevalier |
| Area 1 | 14.44 km2 (5.58 sq mi) |
| Population (Jan. 2017)[1] | 5,412 |
| • Density | 370/km2 (970/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62057 /62370 |
| Elevation | 3–22 m (9.8–72.2 ft) (avg. 10 m or 33 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Audruicq (West Flemish: Ouderwijk) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.
Geography
A town located 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Calais, at the junction of the D224 with the D309 road.
History
Baldwin II, Count of Flanders named it a city in 1175, rebuilding the castle and converting the surrounding marshland to tillable soil. After continuously changing authority between the 13th century and the 17th century, Audruicq finally became a French town after the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 3,388 | — |
| 1968 | 3,606 | +6.4% |
| 1975 | 3,616 | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 4,078 | +12.8% |
| 1990 | 4,586 | +12.5% |
| 1999 | 4,555 | −0.7% |
| 2006 | 4,626 | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 4,636 | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 4,741 | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 5,204 | +9.8% |
| 2015 | 5,380 | +3.4% |
Sights
- The eighteenth-century church of St. Martin.
- The eighteenth-century château.
Personalities
- Gilbert Brazy: Born at Audruicq on 15 February 1902. A pilot, he disappeared, flying a "Latham47" in the Arctic in 1928 with Roald Amundsen.1
International relations
Audruicq is twinned with: 
Hawkhurst in Kent, England, since 1998.
See also
References
- ^ "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
External links
- Audruicq, a stroll in the past
- The German Air Force in the Great War The 1916 bombing of the ammunition dump at Audruicq