Saint-Léonard, Pas-de-Calais

Saint-Léonard
Saint-Léonard
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Saint-Léonard
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Samer
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération du Boulonnais
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Loup Lesaffre
Area1	3.4 km2 (1.3 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	3,725
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62755 / 62360
Elevation	2–110 m (6.6–360.9 ft) (avg. 7 m or 23 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Saint-Léonard is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

Saint-Léonard is a farming and light industrial town, situated some 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Boulogne, at the junction of the D901 and D940 roads. The A16 autoroute forms the eastern border of the commune and the river Liane the western.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
1233	1547	3929	4021	4131	3952	3725
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St.Léonard, dating from the eleventh century.
• The modern church of St.Therése
• The Château de Pont-de-Briques, dating from the seventeenth century.
• The nineteenth century Château Neuf.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Official website of the commune of Saint-Léonard (French)
• Saint-Léonard on the Quid website (French)