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

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