Gauchin-Verloingt

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Gauchin-Verloingt
Coat of arms of Gauchin-Verloingt
Coat of arms
Gauchin-Verloingt is located in France
Gauchin-Verloingt
Gauchin-Verloingt
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Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region
Gauchin-Verloingt is located in Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Gauchin-Verloingt
Gauchin-Verloingt
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Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Arras
Canton Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise
Intercommunality Communauté de communes du Saint-Polois
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jean-Michel Saloppe
Area1 5.92 km2 (2.29 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 825
 • Density 140/km2 (360/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 62367 / 62130
Elevation 75–141 m (246–463 ft)
(avg. 85 m or 279 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.

Gauchin-Verloingt is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A farming village situated in the valley of the Ternoise river, 23 miles (37.0 km) northwest of Arras, at the junction of the D343 and the D100 roads.

Population

Historical population of Gauchin-Verloingt
Year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999
Population 383 396 465 592 801 825
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.Vaast, dating from the seventeenth century.
  • The chapel at Rocourt, also dating from the seventeenth century.
  • An old farmhouse

See also

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