Auxi-le-Château | |
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 The town centre of Auxi-le-Château | |
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Location of Auxi-le-Château  | |
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| Coordinates:50°13′53″N2°06′56″E / 50.2314°N 2.1156°E /50.2314; 2.1156 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Arras |
| Canton | Auxi-le-Château |
| Intercommunality | CC du Ternois |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Henri Dejonghe[1] |
Area 1 | 27.08 km2 (10.46 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 2,549 |
| • Density | 94/km2 (240/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62060 /62390 |
| Elevation | 25–138 m (82–453 ft) (avg. 34 m or 112 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Auxi-le-Château (French pronunciation:[oksiləʃɑto];Picard:Aussi-ch’Catiau) is acommune in thePas-de-Calaisdepartment in northernFrance.[3]
A farming town located 28 miles (45 km) west south west ofArras at the junction of the D938, D933 and D941 roads. TheAuthie river flows through the town, which once divided the commune into two parts, one in thePas-de-Calais and the other in theSomme department. It is so named because it was a border fort, but there is now no sign of a castle, apart from some ruins at the top of the Chemin de la Belle Inutile.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 3,099 | — |
| 1975 | 3,229 | +0.59% |
| 1982 | 3,187 | −0.19% |
| 1990 | 3,051 | −0.54% |
| 1999 | 3,065 | +0.05% |
| 2007 | 2,956 | −0.45% |
| 2012 | 2,829 | −0.87% |
| 2017 | 2,639 | −1.38% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Until the abolition of theProvinces of France in 1791, Auxi-le-Château was part of the province ofPicardy.
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