Sarton, Pas-de-Calais

Sarton
Coat of arms of Sarton Coat of arms
Sarton
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Sarton
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Pas-en-Artois
Intercommunality	Deux Sources
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Bernard Bottin
Area1	6.6 km2 (2.5 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	174
• Density	26/km2 (68/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62779 / 62760
Elevation	67–131 m (220–430 ft) (avg. 74 m or 243 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.

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

Geography

Sarton lies on the banks of the river Authie, some 23 miles (37.0 km) southwest of Arras, at the junction of the D1E and D938 roads.

Population

The inhabitants are called Sartonais.

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
237	206	200	163	150	162	173
Census count starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the sixteenth century.

See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Sarton on the Quid website (French)