Samer
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Samer is a commune
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...

 and 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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Population

style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em"|Population history
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
750526 732015 890456 902930 1003026 1030564 1033478
Census count starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

  • The church of St.Steven, dating from the thirteenth century.
  • The château du Grand-Samenete, dating from the fifteenth century.
  • The ruins of an abbey, dating from the fourteenth century.
  • Two museums, of art and of natural history.
  • The de la Vienne farmhouse
    Farmhouse
    Farmhouse is a general term for the main house of a farm. It is a type of building or house which serves a residential purpose in a rural or agricultural setting. Most often, the surrounding environment will be a farm. Many farm houses are shaped like a T...

     (1700).

Notable people

  • Jean Charles Cazin
    Jean Charles Cazin
    Jean Charles Cazin , French landscape painter and ceramicist, son of a well-known doctor, FJ Cazin , was born at Samer, Pas-de-Calais....

    (1840–1901), French landscape painter, son of a well-known doctor, FJ Cazin (1788–1864), was born at Samer. He was also part of the acorn festival.

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