Saint-Michel-sur-Ternoise

Saint-Michel-sur-Ternoise
Saint-Michel-sur-Ternoise
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Saint-Michel-sur-Ternoise
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Saint-Polois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Josette Édouart
Area1	5.97 km2 (2.31 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	959
• Density	160/km2 (420/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62763 / 62130
Elevation	87–147 m (285–482 ft) (avg. 90 m or 300 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.

Saint-Michel-sur-Ternoise is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

Saint-Michel-sur-Ternoise is an eastern suburb of St.Pol, on the banks of the Ternoise river, some 24 miles (39 km) west of Arras, at the junction of the D8 and D85 roads.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
652	783	935	933	926	943	959
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St.Michel, dating from the sixteenth century.

See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Saint-Michel-sur-Ternoise on the Quid website (French)