Audruicq

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Audruicq

|native name = Ouderwijk

|commune status = Commune

|image = Audruicq (Pas-de-Calais) mairie.JPG

|caption = The town hall of Audruicq

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Audruicq (Pas-de-Calais).svg

|arrondissement = Calais

|canton = Marck

|INSEE = 62057

|postal code = 62370

|mayor = Olivier Planque{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=6 June 2023|language=fr}}

|term = 2022–2026

|intercommunality = CC Région d'Audruicq

|coordinates = {{coord|50.8797|2.0814|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 10

|elevation min m = 3

|elevation max m = 22

|area km2 = 14.44

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Audruicq ({{IPA|fr|odʁɥik}}; {{langx|vls|Ouderwijk}}) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/62057-audruicq INSEE commune file]

Geography

A town located 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Calais, at the junction of the D224 with the D309 road.

History

Baldwin II, Count of Flanders named it a city in 1175, rebuilding the castle and converting the surrounding marshland to tillable soil.

After continuously changing authority between the 13th century and the 17th century, Audruicq finally became a French town after the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678.

Population

{{Historical populations

|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-62057#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|percentages = pagr

|align = none

|1968 |3606

|1975 |3616

|1982 |4078

|1990 |4586

|1999 |4555

|2007 |4636

|2012 |5204

|2017 |5412

}}

Sights

The eighteenth-century church of St. Martin.
The eighteenth-century château.

Personalities

Gilbert Brazy: Born at Audruicq on 15 February 1902. A pilot, he disappeared, flying a "Latham47" in the Arctic in 1928 with Roald Amundsen.1

International relations

Audruicq is twinned with:

{{Flag icon|ENG}} Hawkhurst in Kent, England, since 1998.

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20080217061502/http://home.nordnet.fr/~gbally/ Audruicq, a stroll in the past]
[http://www.allworldwars.com/The-German-Air-Force-In-The-Great-War-by-Neumann.html The German Air Force in the Great War] The 1916 bombing of the ammunition dump at Audruicq

Category:Communes of Pas-de-Calais