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Hames Boucres

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pas-de-Calais

Intercommunality
  
Sud-Ouest du Calaisis

Area
  
12.82 km²

Arrondissement
  
Calais

Region
  
Hauts-de-France

Canton
  
Guînes

Population (1999)
  
1,106

Local time
  
Wednesday 12:42 PM

Hames-Boucres

Weather
  
15°C, Wind NE at 8 km/h, 68% Humidity

Hames-Boucres is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Contents

Map of 62340 Hames-Boucres, France

Geography

A village located 6 miles (9 km) southwest of Calais, at the junction of the D215 and D231E2.

History

The commune was created from the two former parishes of Hames and Boucres in 1819. The two parish churches were located almost opposite each other and separated only by a street. The church of Hames was demolished during the Revolution. The English seized the castle in 1558, but it was retaken by Francis, Duke of Guise, who successfully claimed all of the Calais Pale for France.

Places of interest

  • The church of St.Martin, dating from the eighteenth century.
  • A double feudal motte.
  • A neoclassical château dating from the eighteenth century.
  • The château Thélu.
  • The Hermitage Château.

    • References

    Hames-Boucres Wikipedia
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