Beaurainville

Beaurainville
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Coat of arms of Beaurainville Coat of arms
Beaurainville
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Beaurainville
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Montreuil
Canton	Campagne-lès-Hesdin
Intercommunality	Val de Canche et d'Authie]
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Ghislain Tétard
Area1	13.09 km2 (5.05 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	1,923
• Density	150/km2 (380/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62100 / 62990
Elevation	9–102 m (30–335 ft) (avg. 16 m or 52 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Beaurainville is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region in northern France.

Geography

Beaurainville is a small town situated some 6 miles (10 km) southeast of Montreuil-sur-Mer, on the D130 road and on the banks of the river Canche.

History

In 1064, two years before the Battle of Hastings, Harold Godwinson, then Earl of Wessex, was shipwrecked on the shores of Ponthieu and captured by Guy I, Count of Ponthieu(d.1100) who took him to his castle of Beaurain, situated 24 1/2 km up the River Canche from the English Channel coast, (now Le Touquet), as the Bayeux Tapestry relates: HIC APPREHENDIT WIDO HAROLDUM ET DUXIT EUM AD BELREM ET IBI EUM TENUIT ("Here Guy seized Harold and led him to Beaurain and held him there"). Duke William of Normandy demanded the release of the earl, and Count Guy delivered Harold Godwinson up after being paid a ransom for him.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,406	—
1968	1,566	+11.4%
1975	1,909	+21.9%
1982	1,976	+3.5%
1990	2,093	+5.9%
1999	1,994	−4.7%
2009	1,923	−3.6%

Views

File:Beaurainville fields close to street Mont Blanc 20060704 France Pas de Calais Misson Didier.JPG

The countryside at Beaurainville

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Beaurainville on the Quid website (French)