Peuplingues

Peuplingues
Peuplingues
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Peuplingues
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Calais
Canton	Calais-Nord-Ouest
Intercommunality	Sud-Ouest du Calaisis
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Richard Gosse
Area1	10.43 km2 (4.03 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	622
• Density	60/km2 (150/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62654 / 62231
Elevation	11–137 m (36–449 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.

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

Geography

Peuplingues is located 5 miles (8 km) southwest of Calais, at the junction of the D243 and D243E roads, about a mile from the A16 autoroute. The French portal of the Channel Tunnel is physically located in Peuplingues.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
436	449	409	480	537	586	622
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of Notre-Dame dating from the seventeenth century.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Peuplingues on the Quid website (French)