Les Attaques

Les Attaques (French pronunciation: [lez‿atak]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3]

Les Attaques
Commune
The church of Les Attaques
Coat of arms
Location of Les Attaques
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Coordinates: 50°54′28″N 1°56′05″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Calais
Canton	Calais-2
Intercommunality	CA Grand Calais Terres et Mers
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Nadine Denièle-Vanpouille[1]
Area 1	20.81 km2 (8.03 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,065
• Density	99/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62043 /62730
Elevation	0–6 m (0–20 ft) (avg. 3 m or 9.8 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

A large farming and light industrial village located 4 miles (6 km) southeast of Calais, at the junction of the N43 and D248 roads. Both the A26 "autoroute des Anglais" and the Calais-St. Omer canal pass through the commune.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,790	—
1975	1,775	−0.12%
1982	1,878	+0.81%
1990	1,887	+0.06%
1999	1,821	−0.39%
2007	2,039	+1.42%
2012	1,939	−1.00%
2017	1,978	+0.40%
Source: INSEE[4]

Sights

Underside of Les Attaques' four-way bridge

• The church of St. Pierre, dating from the nineteenth century.
• The nineteenth-century chateau Brûlé.
• Vestiges of a Capuchin abbey.
• A rare four-branch bridge

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department