Outreau

Outreau
Outreau
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Outreau
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Outreau
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération du Boulonnais
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Thérèse Guilbert
Area1	7.09 km2 (2.74 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	14,650
• Density	2,100/km2 (5,400/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62643 / 62230
Elevation	2–96 m (6.6–315.0 ft) (avg. 55 m or 180 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.

Outreau is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

Outreau is a large industrial town and port situated adjacent to, and west of Boulogne, on the N1, N142 and D19 roads. The river Liane forms the eastern border of the commune with Boulogne.

History

The town suffered greatly from Allied bombing during World War II.
Outreau is notorious throughout France for the Outreau trials of 2001–2004.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
13,548	13,735	14,731	14,590	15,279	15,222	14,650
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St.Wandrille, dating from the nineteenth century.
• The sixteenth century manorhouse of La Tour du Renard.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.
• The war memorial, by Augustin Lesieux.

Twin towns

• Eppelborn, Germany.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Official town website (French)
• Website with photos of Outreau (French)
• The CWGC cemetery
• Outreau on the Quid website (French)
• Website of the Communauté d'Agglomération de Boulogne-Côte-d'Opale (French)