Coulogne

Coulogne
Coat of arms
Coulogne
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Coulogne
Coordinates: 50°55′30″N 1°53′09″E / 50.925°N 1.8858°E / 50.925; 1.8858Coordinates: 50°55′30″N 1°53′09″E / 50.925°N 1.8858°E / 50.925; 1.8858
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Calais
Canton	Calais-Centre
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération du Calaisis
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Claude Dubut
Area1	9.16 km2 (3.54 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	5,789
• Density	630/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	62244 / 62137
Elevation	0–7 m (0–23 ft) (avg. 3 m or 9.8 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.

Coulogne is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

A large village of light industry and farming located just 2 miles (3 km) south of Calais city centre, on the D247 road.

Population

Places of interest

• The church of St.Jacques, dating from the nineteenth century.
• The ruins of an ancient château, destroyed in 1560.
• An eighteenth century sluice-gate.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Coulogne.

• Coulogne on the Quid website (French)