Mametz, Pas-de-Calais
Encyclopedia
Mametz is a commune
in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
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, at the junction of the D157 and D197 roads. The commune was joined by the villages of Crecques and Marthes in 1822.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Geography
Mametz is locates about 10 miles (16 km) south of Saint-OmerSaint-Omer
Saint-Omer , a commune and sub-prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department west-northwest of Lille on the railway to Calais. The town is named after Saint Audomar, who brought Christianity to the area....
, at the junction of the D157 and D197 roads. The commune was joined by the villages of Crecques and Marthes in 1822.
Population
Places of interest
- The church of St.Vaast, dating from the seventeenth century.
- The church of St.Honore at Crecques, dating from the nineteenth century.
- The church of St.Quentin at Marthes, dating from the nineteenth century.
- An old watermillWatermillA watermill is a structure that uses a water wheel or turbine to drive a mechanical process such as flour, lumber or textile production, or metal shaping .- History :...
, now restored.