Preures

Preures
Coat of arms
Preures
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Preures
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Montreuil
Canton	Hucqueliers
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Canton d'Hucqueliers et environs
Government
• Mayor	Christophe Coffre
Area1	15.87 km2 (6.13 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	521
• Density	33/km2 (85/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62670 / 62650
Elevation	61–167 m (200–548 ft) (avg. 84 m or 276 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.

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

Geography

Preures lies 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Montreuil-sur-Mer at the junction of the D150 and D148 roads.

Population

The inhabitants are called Preurois or Preuroises.

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
492	514	472	509	426	448
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• Vestiges of a Merovingian cemetery.
• The church of St. Martin, dating from the fifteenth century.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Preures on the Quid website (French)