Auchy-lès-Hesdin

Auchy-lès-Hesdin
Auchy-lès-Hesdin
Commune
	The town hall of Auchy-lès-Hesdin
	Coat of arms
	Location of Auchy-lès-Hesdin
	Auchy-lès-Hesdin Auchy-lès-Hesdin
	Coordinates: 50°23′54″N 2°06′11″E / 50.3983°N 2.1031°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Montreuil
Canton	Auxi-le-Château
Intercommunality	CC des 7 Vallées
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Franck Parmentier
Area 1	9.61 km2 (3.71 sq mi)
Population (2021)	1,531
• Density	160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62050 /62770
Elevation	30–122 m (98–400 ft) ; (avg. 33 m or 108 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Auchy-lès-Hesdin (French pronunciation: [oʃi lɛz‿edɛ̃], literally Auchy near Hesdin) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department and Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3]

Geography

Auchy is situated on the D94 some 29 km (18 mi) east-southeast of Montreuil-sur-Mer on the banks of the Ternoise, a tributary of the river Canche.

History

Formerly called Auchy-les-Moines, the village owes its origin to the

Benedictine monks of St Bertin (see Saint-Omer

) in 1072.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,861	—
1975	1,944	+0.63%
1982	1,814	−0.98%
1990	1,720	−0.66%
1999	1,759	+0.25%
2009	1,714	−0.26%
2014	1,625	−1.06%
2020	1,544	−0.85%
Source: INSEE^[4]

The pillars of the nave and the first span of the choir date back to the middle of the 12th century, the last two sections of the choir around 1200. They are the only remnants of the original church, which had to be almost entirely rebuilt after its collapse in 1280.
In 1415, several of the knights killed at

textile mill

after the Revolution and, with the exception of the abbey church, were finally destroyed by a fire in 1834.