21 Aug, 2019
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Audruicq
Audruicq (French pronunciation: [odʁɥik]; 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. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 3,606 | — |
1975 | 3,616 | +0.04% |
1982 | 4,078 | +1.73% |
1990 | 4,586 | +1.48% |
1999 | 4,555 | −0.08% |
2007 | 4,636 | +0.22% |
2012 | 5,204 | +2.34% |
2017 | 5,412 | +0.79% |
Source: INSEE |
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
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Audruicq.
- Audruicq, a stroll in the past
- The German Air Force in the Great War The 1916 bombing of the ammunition dump at Audruicq
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