Estrée-Cauchy

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

(2020–2026) Dorothée Opigez^[1]Area3.89 km² (1.50 sq mi)Population354 • Density91/km² (240/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation118–171 m (387–561 ft)
(avg. 159 m or 522 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Estrée-Cauchy is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3]

Geography

A farming village some 12 miles (19 km) to the northwest of Arras and 11 miles (18 km) south of Béthune, on the D341 road.

It is one of many villages in the north of France bearing the name Estrées. The etymology of the name is from strata (cognate of English "street"), the word for the stone-layered Roman roads in the area (some of which turned into modern highways). Hence Estreti, village on the road which developed into Estrées.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	276	—
1975	288	+0.61%
1982	309	+1.01%
1990	320	+0.44%
1999	321	+0.03%
2007	380	+2.13%
2012	371	−0.48%
2017	373	+0.11%
Source: INSEE[4]

Places of interest

• The church of St.Pierre, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The ruins of a fifteenth-century chateau.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References