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Audresselles

Coordinates: 50°49′28″N 1°35′41″E / 50.8244°N 1.5947°E / 50.8244; 1.5947
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Audresselles
Ouderzelle
The village
The village
Coat of arms of Audresselles
Location of Audresselles
Map
Audresselles is located in France
Audresselles
Audresselles
Audresselles is located in Hauts-de-France
Audresselles
Audresselles
Coordinates: 50°49′28″N 1°35′41″E / 50.8244°N 1.5947°E / 50.8244; 1.5947
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentPas-de-Calais
ArrondissementBoulogne-sur-Mer
CantonDesvres
IntercommunalityCC Terre des Deux Caps
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Antoine Benoit[1]
Area
1
5.72 km2 (2.21 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
624
 • Density110/km2 (280/sq mi)
DemonymAudressellois
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
62056 /62164
Elevation0–114 m (0–374 ft)
(avg. 30 m or 98 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Audresselles (French pronunciation: [odʁəsɛl]; Dutch: Oderzele; Picard: Auderselle) is a commune south of Cape Gris Nez in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.[3]

The commune covers about 2,000 acres (810 ha) of cultivated lands, two beaches, and seashore cliffs. In the 12th century it was known as Oderzelle.

History

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Seafront

Between the end of English occupation in 1558 and the middle of the 17th century, Audresselles seigneury included Haringzelle hamlet; today, this is now a forest hiding the former German artillery batteries of Audinghen. This seigneury was owned by the Acary family, which gave some admirals to the French fleet and from whom most of the borough fishermen are descended.

An old fishers' village, Audresselles has kept its characteristic features: its long houses with a colored strip along the lower part of the walls, in the village center, and some villas of the "Belle Époque" in front of the English Channel. Professional fishing families still live in Audresselles, and one of them uses the village sand beach to land its ship. The traditional flobarts (little truncated drakkars) are still used by the holiday yachtsmen.

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 447—    
1975 489+1.29%
1982 538+1.37%
1990 587+1.10%
1999 681+1.66%
2009 714+0.47%
2014 679−1.00%
2020 628−1.29%
Source: INSEE[4]

Sights

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The church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste (12th century)

Beach and dune fauna

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Birds

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Birds found here include gulls, cormorants, jackdaws, loons, mallards, bitterns, sandpipers, snipes, oystercatchers, herons, curlews, egrets, guillemots, peregrine falcons, swans, and geese.

Marine mammals

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Some black-headed seals have settled down in the creeks behind the village since July 2006 and dislike to be disturbed, following the swimmers to the beach. Also present are orcas (killer whales), pilot whales, dolphins and porpoises.

Flora

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Plants of this region are those that can resist the salt-laden southwesterly wind. Species include lyciet, privet, spindle-tree, eleagnus, speedwell, marram grass and Armeria maritima.

Personalities

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

Bibliography

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  • "Audresselles, éléments d'une histoire", éd. Association Mémoire d'Audresselles, by Daniel Leunens.
  • "Rivages boulonnais", éd. Association Mémoire d'Audresselles, by Olivier Lazzarotti (December 2006).
  • "Nobiliaire de Picardie", page 1, written in 1698 by Jérôme Bignon.
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