Tournehem-sur-la-Hem
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Country | France |
Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy |
Department | Pas-de-Calais |
Arrondissement | Saint-Omer |
Canton | Ardres |
Intercommunality | Région d'Ardres et de la Vallée de la Hem |
Government | |
• Mayor (2001–2008) | Léon Leclercq |
Area1 | 18.14 km2 (7.00 sq mi) |
Population (2006)2 | 1,253 |
• Density | 69/km2 (180/sq mi) |
INSEE/Postal code | 62827 / 62890 |
Elevation | 22–174 m (72–571 ft) (avg. 39 m or 128 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
Tournehem-sur-la-Hem is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.
Geography
Tournehem-sur-la-Hem is located 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Saint-Omer, at the D217 and D218 road junction, on the banks of the river Hem.
Population
Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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Population | 831 | 835 | 965 | 1018 | 1069 | 1219 | 1253 |
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 Saint Médard, dating from the fifteenth century.
- The ruins of the 12th-century château which was destroyed in 1542.
- The tower of a 15th-century windmill.
- The eighteenth-century château at Guémy.
- The church of Notre-Dame at Guémy, dating from the eighteenth century.
- The ruins of the 13th-century chapel of Saint Louis at Guémy.
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- Regional Tourist Office website (French)
- Tournehem-sur-la-Hem on the Quid website (French)
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