Saint-Léonard, Pas-de-Calais
Encyclopedia
Saint-Léonard is a commune
in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
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town, situated some 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Boulogne, at the junction of the D901 and D940 roads. The A16 autoroute
forms the eastern border of the commune and the river Liane the western.
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
Saint-Léonard is a farming and light industrialLight industry
Light industry is usually less capital intensive than heavy industry, and is more consumer-oriented than business-oriented...
town, situated some 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Boulogne, at the junction of the D901 and D940 roads. The A16 autoroute
A16 autoroute
The A16 autoroute – also known as L'Européenne and forming between Abbeville and Dunkirk a part of the larger Autoroute des estuaires – is a motorway in northern France....
forms the eastern border of the commune and the river Liane the western.
Population
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1233 | 1547 | 3929 | 4021 | 4131 | 3952 | 3725 |
| Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates | ||||||
Places of interest
- The church of St.Léonard, dating from the eleventh century.
- The modern church of St.Therése
- The Château de Pont-de-Briques, dating from the seventeenth century.
- The nineteenth century Château Neuf.