Raye-sur-Authie

Raye-sur-Authie
Raye-sur-Authie
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Raye-sur-Authie
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Montreuil
Canton	Hesdin
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de l'Hesdinois
Government
• Mayor	Manuel Ferreira
Area1	5.89 km2 (2.27 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	238
• Density	40/km2 (100/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62690 / 62140
Elevation	12–101 m (39–331 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.

Raye-sur-Authie is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

Raye-sur-Authie is located 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Montreuil-sur-Mer on the D119 road, on the river Authie, the border with the Somme department.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
323	336	317	271	259	255	238
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St.Liéphard, dating from the eighteenth century.
• A windmill

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Raye-sur-Authie on the Quid website (French)