Simencourt

Simencourt
Simencourt
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Simencourt
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Beaumetz-lès-Loges
Intercommunality	Vertes vallées
Mayor	Donat Tabary (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	91–140 m (299–460 ft) (avg. 90 m or 300 ft)
Land area1	5.06 km2 (1.95 sq mi)
Population2	557  (2006)
- Density	110 /km2 (280 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62796/ 62123
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 50°15′32″N 2°38′38″E / 50.2589°N 2.6439°E / 50.2589; 2.6439

Simencourt is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography [edit]

Simencourt lies 7 miles (11.3 km) southwest of Arras, at the junction of the D7 and D67 roads.

Population [edit]

Places of interest [edit]

• An eighteenth-century manor house.
• The church of St.Médard, dating from the sixteenth century.
• Scene of fighting in 1918 by 9th Battalion (North Irish Horse) Royal Irish Fusiliers.

See also [edit]

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References [edit]

• INSEE commune file

External links [edit]

• Simencourt on the Quid website (French)

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