Cuinchy
Cuinchy | |
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The town hall of Cuinchy | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Cuinchy | |
Cuinchy Cuinchy | |
| Coordinates: 50°31′12″N 2°44′58″E / 50.52°N 2.7494°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Béthune |
| Canton | Douvrin |
| Intercommunality | CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Dominique Delecourt[1] |
Area 1 | 4.15 km2 (1.60 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 1,784 |
| • Density | 430/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62262 /62149 |
| Elevation | 19–35 m (62–115 ft) (avg. 21 m or 69 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Cuinchy (French pronunciation: [kɥɛ̃ʃi] or [kwɛ̃ʃi]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France[3] about 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Béthune and 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Lille, by the banks of the Canal-d’Aire.
History
The village was the source of the de Quincy family, who played a major part in the history of medieval England and Scotland.[4]
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 1,420 | — |
| 1975 | 1,538 | +1.15% |
| 1982 | 1,551 | +0.12% |
| 1990 | 1,646 | +0.75% |
| 1999 | 1,666 | +0.13% |
| 2007 | 1,767 | +0.74% |
| 2012 | 1,724 | −0.49% |
| 2017 | 1,741 | +0.20% |
| Source: INSEE[5] | ||
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Oram, Richard D. (22 September 2005). "Quincy, Saer de, earl of Winchester (d. 1219)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/22967. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cuinchy.
- The Guards’ cemetery, Windy Corner
- Woburn Abbey CWGC cemetery
- The CWGC graveyard in the communal cemetery