Ardres
Aarden
Commune
Lakes north of Ardres
Lakes north of Ardres
Coat of arms of Ardres
Coat of arms
Location of Ardres
Ardres is located in France
Ardres
Ardres
Ardres is located in Hauts-de-France
Ardres
Ardres
Coordinates: 50°51′20″N 1°58′42″E / 50.8556°N 1.9783°E / 50.8556; 1.9783
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentPas-de-Calais
ArrondissementCalais
CantonCalais-2
IntercommunalityCC Pays d'Opale
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Ludovic Loquet[1]
Area
1
13.52 km2 (5.22 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2021)[2]
4,398
 • Density330/km2 (840/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
62038 /62610
Elevation2–17 m (6.6–55.8 ft)
(avg. 11 m or 36 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ardres (French pronunciation: [aʁdʁ]; West Flemish: Aarden; Picard: Arde) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.[3]

Geography

Ardres is located 10.1 mi by rail (station is at Pont-d'Ardres, a few km from Ardres) S.S.E. of Calais, with which it is also connected by a canal (with limited turning space). It is one of three towns that make up Les Trois Pays, or "Three Countries", the other two being Guînes and Licques.

History

Ardes was located next to the Pale of Calais, held by the English from 1346 to 1558, and as a result was an important trading and military post. The 1520 meeting between Henry VIII of England and Francis I of France known as the Field of the Cloth of Gold was held just over the border at the English-controlled town of Balinghem. The town has been an important market for cattle.[4] In June 1546, it was the location of the Treaty of Ardres, an agreement between Henry and Francis that ended the 1542 to 1546 Anglo-French War.[5]

Population

The inhabitants are called Ardrésiens.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 1,596—    
1800 1,466−1.21%
1806 1,645+1.94%
1821 1,844+0.76%
1831 2,016+0.90%
1836 2,150+1.30%
1841 2,195+0.42%
1846 2,112−0.77%
1851 2,071−0.39%
1856 2,031−0.39%
1861 2,277+2.31%
1866 2,189−0.79%
1872 2,143−0.35%
1876 2,223+0.92%
1881 2,293+0.62%
1886 2,274−0.17%
1891 2,473+1.69%
1896 2,522+0.39%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 2,597+0.59%
1906 2,717+0.91%
1911 2,785+0.50%
1921 2,839+0.19%
1926 2,708−0.94%
1931 2,625−0.62%
1936 2,719+0.71%
1946 2,901+0.65%
1954 2,939+0.16%
1962 2,997+0.24%
1968 3,195+1.07%
1975 3,126−0.31%
1982 3,390+1.16%
1990 3,936+1.88%
1999 4,154+0.60%
2007 4,193+0.12%
2012 4,268+0.36%
2017 4,405+0.63%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE (1968-2017)[7]

Sights

Major tourist attractions at Ardres include the Chapelle des Carmes and the Eglise Notre Dame de Grâce.

There are also some lakes (created when peat was removed) which provide fishing and sailing.

Personalities

  • Jean-Marie Dorsenne (1773–1812), a French military commander of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, was born in Ardres

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ↑ INSEE commune file
  4. ↑ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ardres". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 451.
  5. ↑ Courteault 1908, p. 181.
  6. ↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Ardres, EHESS (in French).
  7. ↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

Sources

  • Courteault, Paul (1908). Blaise de Montluc; Historien (in French). Bibliothèque Méridionale.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ardres.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.