Calonne-Ricouart

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Calonne-Ricouart

|commune status = Commune

|image = Calonne-Ricouart - Centre.JPG

|caption = The town hall of Calonne-Ricouart

|image coat of arms = Blason Calonne-Ricouart.svg

|arrondissement = Béthune

|canton = Auchel

|INSEE = 62194

|postal code = 62470

|mayor = Ludovic Idziak{{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=13 September 2022|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane

|coordinates = {{coord|50.4875|2.4844|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 65

|elevation min m = 41

|elevation max m = 114

|area km2 = 4.61

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

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

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

}}

Calonne-Ricouart ({{IPA|fr|kalɔn ʁikwaʁ}}) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/62194-calonne-ricouart INSEE commune file] {{convert|6|mi|km}} southwest of Béthune and {{convert|33|mi|km}} southwest of Lille by the banks of the river Clarence.

History

The village and the old castle were burned down in 1537 by the troops of Francis I.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}

Population

{{Historical populations

| source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-62194#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

| percentages = pagr

| align = none

|1968 |9954

|1975 |8534

|1982 |7545

|1990 |6585

|1999 |5989

|2007 |5815

|2012 |5528

|2017 |5454

}}

Notable people

See also

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