Cauchy-à-la-Tour | |
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Coordinates: 50°30′16″N 2°27′09″E / 50.5044°N 2.4525°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Pas-de-Calais |
Arrondissement | Béthune |
Canton | Auchel |
Intercommunality | CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Jacques Flahaut [1] |
Area 1 | 3.13 km2 (1.21 sq mi) |
Population (2021)
[2] | 2,702 |
• Density | 860/km2 (2,200/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+02:00 ( CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code |
62217 /62260 |
Elevation | 82–116 m (269–381 ft) (avg. 115 m or 377 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Cauchy-à-la-Tour (French pronunciation: [koʃi a la tuʁ]; Picard: El-Cauchie-à-l’Tour; Dutch:"Turringhem" (house of the sons of Turr)) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. [3]
A farming and ex- coalmining village some 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Béthune and 30 miles (48 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D183 and the D341 roads.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 2,997 | — |
1975 | 2,696 | −1.50% |
1982 | 2,712 | +0.08% |
1990 | 2,907 | +0.87% |
1999 | 2,856 | −0.20% |
2007 | 2,941 | +0.37% |
2012 | 2,935 | −0.04% |
2017 | 2,814 | −0.84% |
Source: INSEE [4] |