Estrée-Blanche

Estrée-Blanche

Strate
Estrée-Blanche Strate
Commune
	The church of Estrée-Blanche
	Location of Estrée-Blanche
	Estrée-Blanche Estrée-Blanche
	Coordinates: 50°35′38″N 2°19′19″E / 50.5939°N 2.3219°E / 50.5939; 2.3219
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Aire-sur-la-Lys
Intercommunality	CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bernard Delétré
Area 1	5.32 km2 (2.05 sq mi)
Population (2021)	911
• Density	170/km2 (440/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62313 /62145
Elevation	37–99 m (121–325 ft) ; (avg. 43 m or 141 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Estrée-Blanche (French pronunciation: [etʁe blɑ̃ʃ]; West Flemish: Strate) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3]

History

Indian cavalry were stationed at Estrée-Blanche during the First World War.

Geography

Estrée-Blanche is a farming village some 12 miles (19 km) to the northwest of Béthune and 30 miles (48 km) west of Lille, at the junction of the D341, D186 and the D159 roads. The small rivers Surgeon and Laquette converge at the commune.

Estrée-Blanche is found at the extreme edge of the coal-mining area of Nord-Pas-de-Calais. Part of its surface area was owned by the mining company, which ceased in the 1960s. All that remains of that era are some typical miners' houses.

It is one of many villages in the north of France bearing the name Estrées. The etymology of the name is from strata (cognate of English "street"), the word for the stone-layered Roman roads in the area (some of which turned into modern highways). Hence Estreti, village on the road which developed into Estrées.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,093	—
1975	1,068	−0.33%
1982	1,005	−0.86%
1990	988	−0.21%
1999	928	−0.69%
2007	919	−0.12%
2012	948	+0.62%
2017	951	+0.06%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Places of interest

The church of St.Vaast, dating from the sixteenth century.
The fifteenth-century Château de Créminil [fr], built by the Le May family in 1443

The château from the west
The rear courtyard
The towers and drawbridge
The château entrance

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.

[popleg2021-2] "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

[3] INSEE commune file

[pophist-4] Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE