La Loge

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La Loge
La Loge is located in France
La Loge
La Loge
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Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region
La Loge is located in Nord-Pas-de-Calais
La Loge
La Loge
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Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Montreuil
Canton Hesdin
Intercommunality Communauté de communes de l'Hesdinois
Government
 • Mayor (2001–2008) Roger Thuau
Area1 0.6 km2 (0.2 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 193
 • Density 320/km2 (830/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 62521 / 62140
Elevation 100–116 m (328–381 ft)
(avg. 108 m or 354 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.

La Loge is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

La Loge is situated some 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Montreuil-sur-Mer on the D108 road and at the edge of the forest of Hesdin.

History

La Loge was created as the hunting lodge for the Dukes of Burgundy and the Counts of Artois. In 1944-45, the village was bombed by the Allies, destroying the German V1 launch-pads.

Population

Historical population of La Loge
Year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
Population 138 171 169 159 181 185 193
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 seventeenth century church of the Nativité-de-Notre-Dame.
  • A chapel dating from the seventeenth century.

See also

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