Les Attaques

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

(2020–2026) Nadine Denièle-Vanpouille^[1]Area20.81 km² (8.03 sq mi)Population2,052 • Density99/km² (260/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation0–6 m (0–20 ft)
(avg. 3 m or 9.8 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Les Attaques (French pronunciation: [lez‿atak]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3]

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

Historical 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[4]

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

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

External links