21 Aug, 2019
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Les Attaques
Les Attaques (French pronunciation: [lez‿atak]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
Underside of Les Attaques' four-way bridge 
Geography
A large farming and light industrial village located 4 miles (6 km) southeast of Calais, at the junction of the N43 and D248 roads. Both the A26 "autoroute des Anglais" and the Calais-St. Omer canal pass through the commune.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1,790 | — |
| 1975 | 1,775 | −0.12% |
| 1982 | 1,878 | +0.81% |
| 1990 | 1,887 | +0.06% |
| 1999 | 1,821 | −0.39% |
| 2007 | 2,039 | +1.42% |
| 2012 | 1,939 | −1.00% |
| 2017 | 1,978 | +0.40% |
| Source: INSEE | ||
Sights
- The church of St. Pierre, dating from the nineteenth century.
- The nineteenth-century chateau Brûlé.
- Vestiges of a Capuchin abbey.
- A rare four-branch bridge
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "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 Les Attaques.
- Les Attaques official website (in French)
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