Quéant
Appearance
Quéant | |
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Quéant seen from next to the church | |
Coordinates: 50°10′48″N 2°59′03″E / 50.18°N 2.9842°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Pas-de-Calais |
Arrondissement | Arras |
Canton | Bapaume |
Intercommunality | Osartis Marquion |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Jérôme Dartus[1] |
Area 1 | 9.02 km2 (3.48 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 637 |
• Density | 71/km2 (180/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 62673 /62860 |
Elevation | 62–102 m (203–335 ft) (avg. 75 m or 246 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Quéant (French pronunciation: [keɑ̃]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[3]
Geography
Quéant is situated 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Arras, at the junction of the D14 and D22 roads. Quéant Mountain is a mountain in Canada named after the town.
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 632 | — |
1975 | 561 | −1.69% |
1982 | 548 | −0.33% |
1990 | 506 | −0.99% |
1999 | 549 | +0.91% |
2007 | 583 | +0.75% |
2012 | 653 | +2.29% |
2017 | 657 | +0.12% |
Source: INSEE[4] |
Places of interest
- The church of St.Leger, rebuilt after destruction in the First World War.
- The Quéant Road Cemetery, overseen by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Quéant.
- CWGC.org, The CWGC extension to the communal cemetery