Campagne-lès-Guines

Campagne-lès-Guînes
Coat of arms of Campagne-lès-Guînes Coat of arms
Campagne-lès-Guînes
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Campagne-lès-Guînes
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Calais
Canton	Guînes
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes des Trois Pays
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Philippe Demilly
Area1	5.72 km2 (2.21 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	452
• Density	79/km2 (200/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62203 / 62340
Elevation	21–160 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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Campagne-lès-Guines is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas de Calais region of France.

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 of Campagne-lès-Guines

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	254	295	296	370	406	452
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

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

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Campagne-lès-Guines on the Quid website (French)