Selles, Pas-de-Calais
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Selles 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...

 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

Selles is situated some 14 miles (22.5 km) east of Boulogne, at the junction of the D215 and D254 roads, by the banks of the Liane river.

Population

style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em"|Population history
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
303 314 304 296 277 286 327
Census count starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

  • The church of St.Martin, dating from the twelfth century.
  • A feudal motte
    Motte-and-bailey
    A motte-and-bailey is a form of castle, with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised earthwork called a motte, accompanied by an enclosed courtyard, or bailey, surrounded by a protective ditch and palisade...

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