Hesdin-l'Abbé
Encyclopedia
Hesdin-l’Abbé is a commune
in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
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Paris-Calais highway) and theD240 road. The A16 autoroute
forms part of the western border of the commune and the river Liane the southern.
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
A forestry and farming village situated some 5 miles (8 km) south of Boulogne, at the junction of the D901 (formerly the N1Route nationale 1
The Route nationale 1 is a trunk road in France between Paris and Calais.-Reclassification:The majority of the original road has been superseded by the A16 autoroute...
Paris-Calais highway) and theD240 road. 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 part of the western border of the commune and the river Liane the southern.
Population
Places of interest
- The church of St.Leger, dating from the seventeenth century.
- The eighteenth century chateau d'Hesdin-l'Abbé, nowadays the Hotel Cléry.
- A seventeenth century manorhouse.