Campagne-lès-Guines

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

(2020–2026) Bruno Demilly^[1]Area5.72 km² (2.21 sq mi)Population426 • Density74/km² (190/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation21–160 m (69–525 ft)
(avg. 45 m or 148 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (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