Huby-Saint-Leu
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Huby-Saint-Leu
|commune = Hesdin-la-Forêt
|image = Huby-Saint-Leu église1.JPG
|caption = The church of Huby-Saint-Leu
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Huby-Saint-Leu.svg
|arrondissement = Montreuil
|canton = Auxi-le-Château
|INSEE = 62461
|postal code = 62140
|coordinates = {{coord|50.3831|2.0381|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 110
|elevation min m = 21
|elevation max m = 118
|area km2 = 12.44
|population = 840
|population date = 2022
|population footnotes = {{cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/8290591/ensemble.pdf|title=Populations de référence 2022|language=fr|trans-title=Reference populations 2022|publisher=INSEE|date=December 2024}}
}}
Huby-Saint-Leu ({{IPA|fr|ybi sɛ̃ lø}}) is a former commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/62461-huby-saint-leu INSEE commune file] On 1 January 2025, it was merged into the new commune of Hesdin-la-Forêt.{{Citation |title=Arrêté du 16 octobre 2024 portant création de la commune nouvelle d'Hesdin-la-Forêt |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2024/10/16/ATDB2434468A/jo/texte |access-date=16 January 2025|publisher=Légifrance}}
Geography
Huby-Saint-Leu lies to the north of Hesdin, and is not much more than a suburb of that town.
The D928 road to Saint-Omer passes nearby.
History
A military base during World War One. There is a British cemetery at Huby-St-Leu
Population
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-62461#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |718
|1975 |868
|1982 |926
|1990 |1010
|1999 |967
|2007 |951
|2012 |935
|2017 |886
}}
See also
References
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External links
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- [https://www.cwgc.org/visit-us/find-cemeteries-memorials/cemetery-details/65305/huby-st-leu-british-cemetery/ The British Cemetery at Huby]
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