Tigny-Noyelle

Tigny-Noyelle
Tigny-Noyelle
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Tigny-Noyelle
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Montreuil
Canton	Berck
Intercommunality	Opale Sud
Government
• Mayor	Bruno Delenclos
Area1	6.76 km2 (2.61 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	169
• Density	25/km2 (65/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62815 / 62180
Elevation	2–49 m (6.6–160.8 ft) (avg. 26 m or 85 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.

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

Geography

Tigny-Noyelle is located 8 miles (11 km) south of Montreuil-sur-Mer on the D143 road and very near the A16 autoroute, in the valley of the Authie River. The village has an arboretum, the Arboretum de Tigny-Noyelle, which includes all species of the region. The village is the hometown of an international festival of classical music Musica Nigella that takes place every year between May and June.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
175	190	165	185	198	196	169
Census count starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the fifteenth century

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Tigny-Noyelle on the Quid website (French)
• Official website of Festival Musica Nigella (French)