Colembert

Colembert
Coat of arms of Colembert Coat of arms
Colembert
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Colembert
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Desvres
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Pays de la Faïence de Desvres
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Muselet
Area1	9.92 km2 (3.83 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	687
• Density	69/km2 (180/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62230 / 62142
Elevation	44–202 m (144–663 ft) (avg. 107 m or 351 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.

Colembert is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A farming commune, some 12 miles (19 km) east of Boulogne, at the junction of the D252, D253 and the N42 roads.

Population

Historical population of Colembert

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	503	507	447	509	588	687
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• The church of St.Nicholas, dating from the eighteenth century.
• The eighteenth-century chateau.
• The manorhouse of La Cabocherie

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Colembert on the Quid website (French)