Nielles-lès-Ardres
Encyclopedia
Nielles-lès-Ardres is a commune
in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
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, on the D225E road.
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
Nielles-lès-Ardres lies about 14 miles (22 km) northwest 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....
, on the D225E road.
Population
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 229 | 261 | 282 | 344 | 383 | 444 | 482 |
| Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates | ||||||
Places of interest
- The church of St. Pierre, dating from the year 1200.
- Ruins of the château de la Montoire, destroyed by the duc de Vendôme in 1542.
- Château de la Cressonnerie, built between 1808/1812.
- The seventeenth century ‘Le Colombier’, an enormous round tower.