Beaurainville
Beaurainville | |
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Coordinates: 50°25′32″N 1°53′56″E / 50.4256°N 1.8989°ECoordinates: 50°25′32″N 1°53′56″E / 50.4256°N 1.8989°E | |
Kintra | Fraunce |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Depairtment | Pas-de-Calais |
Arrondissement | Montreuil |
Canton | Campagne-lès-Hesdin |
Intercommunality | Val de Canche et d'Authie] |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor (2001–2008) | Ghislain Tétard |
Area 1 | 13.09 km2 (5.05 sq mi) |
Population (2009)2 | 1,923 |
• Density | 150/km2 (380/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 62100 /62990 |
Elevation | 9–102 m (30–335 ft) (avg. 16 m or 52 ft) |
1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance. |
Beaurainville is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais depaurtment in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region in northren Fraunce.
Geografie
[eedit | eedit soorce]Beaurainville is a sma toun situatit some 6 mile (10 km) sootheast o Montreuil-sur-Mer, on the D130 road an on the banks o the river Canche.
History
[eedit | eedit soorce]In 1064, twa years afore the Battle o Hastings, Harold Godwinson, then Earl o Wessex, wis shipwreckit on the shores o Ponthieu an captured bi Guy I, Coont o Ponthieu(d.1100) who teuk him tae his castle o Beaurain, situatit 24 1/2 km up the River Canche frae the Inglis Channel coast, (nou Le Touquet), as the Bayeux Tapestry relates: HIC APPREHENDIT WIDO HAROLDUM ET DUXIT EUM AD BELREM ET IBI EUM TENUIT ("Here Guy seisit Harold an led him tae Beaurain an held him thare"). Duke William o Normandy demandit the release o the earl, an Coont Guy delivered Harold Godwinson up efter being paid a ransom for him.
Population
[eedit | eedit soorce]Historical population | ||
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Year | Pop. | ±% |
1962 | 1,406 | — |
1968 | 1,566 | +11.4% |
1975 | 1,909 | +21.9% |
1982 | 1,976 | +3.5% |
1990 | 2,093 | +5.9% |
1999 | 1,994 | −4.7% |
2009 | 1,923 | −3.6% |
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[eedit | eedit soorce]References
[eedit | eedit soorce]Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Beaurainville on the Quid wabsteid Archived 2007-08-08 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
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