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Campagne lès Guines

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pas-de-Calais

Canton
  
Guînes

Local time
  
Tuesday 2:35 PM

Region
  
Hauts-de-France

Arrondissement
  
Calais

Area
  
5.72 km²

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Intercommunality
  
Communauté de communes des Trois Pays

Weather
  
9°C, Wind W at 14 km/h, 72% Humidity

Campagne-lès-Guines is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas de Calais region of France.

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Map of Campagne-l%C3%A8s-Guines, France

Geography

A farming village located 10 miles (16 km) south of Calais, on the D248 and D215 road junction.

History

The meeting between Francis I and Henry VIII took place here at Campagne-lès-Guînes in 1546 to conclude the peace treaty of Ardres, which saw Boulogne returned to the French crown, for a sizeable sum of money.

Places of interest

  • The church of St.Martin, dating from the nineteenth century.
  • The nineteenth-century château..
  • References

    Campagne-lès-Guines Wikipedia