Campagne-lès-Guines

Campagne-lès-Guines is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas de Calais region of France.

Campagne-lès-Guînes
Commune
The town hall of Campagne-lès-Guines
Coat of arms
Location of Campagne-lès-Guînes
Campagne-lès-Guînes Campagne-lès-Guînes
Coordinates: 50°50′26″N 1°54′17″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Calais
Canton	Calais-2
Intercommunality	CC Pays d'Opale
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Philippe Demilly
Area ^1	5.72 km^2 (2.21 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	445
• Density	78/km^2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62203 /62340
Elevation	21–160 m (69–525 ft) (avg. 45 m or 148 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

A farming village located 10 miles (16 km) south of Calais, on the D248 and D215 road junction.

History

The meeting between Francis I and Henry VIII took place here at Campagne-lès-Guînes in 1546 to conclude the peace treaty of Ardres, which saw Boulogne returned to the French crown, for a sizeable sum of money.

Population

Historical population of Campagne-lès-Guines

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	254	295	296	370	406	452
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• The church of St.Martin, dating from the nineteenth century.
• The nineteenth-century château..

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.