Cauchy-à-la-Tour

Cauchy-à-la-Tour
Cauchy-à-la-Tour
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Cauchy-à-la-Tour
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Auchel
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Eugène Fontaine (PCF)
Area1	3.13 km2 (1.21 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	2,856
• Density	910/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62217 / 62260
Elevation	82–116 m (269–381 ft) (avg. 115 m or 377 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.

Cauchy-à-la-Tour is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A farming and ex-coalmining village some 10 miles (16.1 km) southwest of Béthune and 30 miles (48.3 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D183 and the D341 roads.

Population

Historical population of Cauchy-à-la-Tour

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	2981	2997	2696	2712	2907	2856
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-Pierre, rebuilt after the First World War.
• The war memorial.
• Ruins of an old castle.

Notable people

• Philippe Pétain, marshal of France, was born here on the 24 April 1856.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Website of the Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois (French)
• Cauchy-à-la-Tour on the Quid website (French)