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Blendecques

Blendeke
Blendecques Blendeke
Commune
	The town hall of Blendecques
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 50°43′04″N 2°16′38″E / 50.7178°N 2.2772°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Longuenesse
Intercommunality	Pays de Saint-Omer
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Rachid Ben Amor
Area 1	9.56 km2 (3.69 sq mi)
Population (2021)	4,908
• Density	510/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62139 /62575
Elevation	7–93 m (23–305 ft) ; (avg. 25 m or 82 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Blendecques (French pronunciation: [blɑ̃dɛk]; West Flemish: Blendeke) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.^[3]

Geography edit

The town is situated 3 miles (5 km) south of Saint-Omer, at the junction of the D77, D210 and D211 roads. The river Aa flows through the commune.^[4]
The town has a football team and a basketball team.

Population edit

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	4,431	—
1975	5,014	+1.78%
1982	5,338	+0.90%
1990	5,210	−0.30%
1999	5,186	−0.05%
2007	5,090	−0.23%
2012	5,205	+0.45%
2017	5,002	−0.79%
Source: INSEE^[5]

Personalities edit

Alfred Machin, filmmaker, was born here.

Sights edit

The nineteenth-century church of St. Gilles.
The Chapelle de Soyecques.
The eighteenth-century Château de La Garenne.
Another Château of the 19th century.
The abbey of Sainte-Colombe, dating from the twelfth century.
The remains of some old watermills and lime-kilns.

References edit

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - Rivière Aa (E4030570)".
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE