La Comté

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = La Comté

|commune status = Commune

|image = Lacomte centre 640x480.jpg

|caption = A general view of La Comté

|image coat of arms = Blason La Comté.svg

|arrondissement = Béthune

|canton = Bruay-la-Buissière

|INSEE = 62232

|postal code = 62150

|mayor = Joëlle Alleman{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

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

|coordinates = {{coord|50.4275|2.5008|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 91

|elevation min m = 70

|elevation max m = 193

|area km2 = 6.63

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

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

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

}}

La Comté ({{IPA|fr|la kɔ̃te}}) 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/62232-la-comte INSEE commune file]

Geography

La Comté is a farming and light industrial village situated {{Convert|18|mi|km|0}} northwest of Arras, at the junction of the D86 and the D86E roads, in the valley of the river Lawe.

Population

{{Historical populations

|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-62232#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|percentages = pagr

|align = none

|1968 |735

|1975 |734

|1982 |685

|1990 |755

|1999 |783

|2007 |835

|2012 |830

|2017 |935

}}

Places of interest

  • The church of St.Martin, dating from the sixteenth century.
  • An eighteenth-century farmhouse, at a site known as the old castle.

See also

References

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{{Commons category|La Comté}}

{{Pas-de-Calais communes}}

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