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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pas-de-Calais

Intercommunality
  
Région d'Audruicq

Area
  
14.44 km²

Arrondissement
  
Saint-Omer

Region
  
Hauts-de-France

Canton
  
Audruicq

Population (2009)
  
4,741

Local time
  
Wednesday 7:45 PM

Audruicq

Weather
  
8°C, Wind W at 6 km/h, 92% Humidity

Audruicq (in Dutch: Ouderwijk) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.

Contents

Map of 62370 Audruicq, France

Geography

A town located 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Calais, at the junction of the D224 with the D309 road.

History

Baldwin II, Count of Flanders named it a city in 1175, rebuilding the castle and converting the surrounding marshland to tillable soil. After continuously changing authority between the 13th century and the 17th century, Audruicq finally became a French town after the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678.

Sights

  • The eighteenth-century church of St. Martin.
  • The eighteenth-century château.

    • Personalities

  • Gilbert Brazy: Born at Audruicq on 15 February 1902. A pilot, he disappeared, flying a "Latham47" in the Arctic in 1928 with Roald Amundsen.1

    • International relations

    Audruicq is twinned with: Hawkhurst in Kent, England, since 1998.

    References

    Audruicq Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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