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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pas-de-Calais

Intercommunality
  
Pays de Saint-Omer

Area
  
9.56 km²

Local time
  
Sunday 1:07 AM

Region
  
Hauts-de-France

Canton
  
Arques

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Population
  
5,186 (1999)

Arrondissement
  
Saint-Omer

Blendecques

Weather
  
8°C, Wind SW at 21 km/h, 82% Humidity

Blendecques is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.

Contents

Map of Blendecques, France

Geography

A town situated 3 miles (5 km) south of Saint-Omer, at the junction of the D77, D210 and D211 roads. The river Aa flows through the commune.
The town has a football team and a basketball team.

Personalities

  • Alfred Machin, filmmaker, was born here.

    • Sights

  • The nineteenth-century church of St. Gilles.
  • The Chapelle de Soyecques.
  • The eighteenth-century Château de La Garenne.
  • Another Château of the 19th century .
  • The abbey of Sainte-Colombe, dating from the twelfth century.
  • The remains of some old watermills and lime-kilns.

    • References

    Blendecques Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA