Sainte-Catherine, Pas-de-Calais

Sainte-Catherine (also unofficially: Sainte-Catherine-lès-Arras) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Sainte-Catherine
Commune
A view within Sainte-Catherine
Coat of arms
Location of Sainte-Catherine
Sainte-Catherine Sainte-Catherine
Coordinates: 50°18′28″N 2°45′50″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Arras-1
Intercommunality	Communauté urbaine d'Arras
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	André Bouzigues
Area ^1	4.4 km^2 (1.7 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	3,511
• Density	800/km^2 (2,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62744 /62223
Elevation	53–105 m (174–344 ft) (avg. 57 m or 187 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

Sainte-Catherine is a large suburb, just 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the centre of Arras, at the junction of the D264 and D63 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,105	—
1975	2,438	+2.12%
1982	3,203	+3.98%
1990	3,132	−0.28%
1999	3,017	−0.41%
2007	3,402	+1.51%
2012	3,401	−0.01%
2017	3,511	+0.64%
Source: INSEE[2]

Notable people

• Mathieu Assou-Ekotto (born 1978), former footballer
• Nando de Colo (born 1987), basketball player

Places of interest

• The church of St.Catherine, rebuilt, along with much of the commune, after World War I.

See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

• Official website of Sainte-Catherine (in French)