Beaurainville Belrem | |
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 The road into Beaurainville | |
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 Location of Beaurainville | |
  Beaurainville  Beaurainville | |
| Coordinates:50°25′32″N1°53′56″E / 50.4256°N 1.8989°E /50.4256; 1.8989 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Montreuil |
| Canton | Auxi-le-Château |
| Intercommunality | CC des 7 Vallées |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Jeannie Sergent[1] |
Area 1 | 13.09 km2 (5.05 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 2,028 |
| • Density | 154.9/km2 (401.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62100 /62990 |
| Elevation | 9–102 m (30–335 ft) (avg. 16 m or 52 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Beaurainville (French pronunciation:[boʁɛ̃vil];West Flemish:Belrem) is acommune in thePas-de-Calaisdepartment in theHauts-de-Franceregion in northernFrance.[3]
Beaurainville is a small town situated some 6 miles (10 km) southeast ofMontreuil-sur-Mer, on the D130 road and on the banks of the riverCanche.
In 1064, two years before theBattle of Hastings,Harold Godwinson, then Earl ofWessex, was shipwrecked on the shores ofPonthieu and captured byGuy I, Count of Ponthieu (d.1100) who took him to his castle of Beaurain, situated 24.5 km (15.2 mi) up theRiver Canche from theEnglish Channel coast, (nowLe Touquet), as theBayeux Tapestry relates:HIC APPREHENDIT WIDO HAROLDUM ET DUXIT EUM AD BELREM ET IBI EUM TENUIT ("Here Guy seized Harold and led him to Beaurain and held him there").Duke William of Normandy demanded the release of the earl, and Count Guy delivered Harold Godwinson up after being paid a ransom for him.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 1,566 | — |
| 1975 | 1,909 | +2.87% |
| 1982 | 1,976 | +0.49% |
| 1990 | 2,093 | +0.72% |
| 1999 | 1,994 | −0.54% |
| 2007 | 1,931 | −0.40% |
| 2012 | 1,980 | +0.50% |
| 2017 | 2,095 | +1.14% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
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