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Blendecques (French pronunciation: ​[blɑ̃dɛk]; West Flemish: Blendeke) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.[2]

Blendecques Blendeke
Commune
The town hall of Blendecques
Coat of arms
Location of Blendecques
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Coordinates: 50°43′04″N 2°16′38″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Longuenesse
Intercommunality	Pays de Saint-Omer
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Rachid Ben Amor
Area 1	9.56 km2 (3.69 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	4,944
• Density	520/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62139 /62575
Elevation	7–93 m (23–305 ft) (avg. 25 m or 82 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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Geography

A town situated 3 miles (5 km) south of Saint-Omer, at the junction of the D77, D210 and D211 roads. The river Aa flows through the commune.[3]
The town has a football team and a basketball team.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	4,431	—
1975	5,014	+1.78%
1982	5,338	+0.90%
1990	5,210	−0.30%
1999	5,186	−0.05%
2007	5,090	−0.23%
2012	5,205	+0.45%
2017	5,002	−0.79%
Source: INSEE[4]

Personalities

• Alfred Machin, filmmaker, was born here.

Sights

• The nineteenth-century church of St. Gilles.
• The Chapelle de Soyecques.
• The eighteenth-century Château de La Garenne.
• Another Château of the 19th century .
• The abbey of Sainte-Colombe, dating from the twelfth century.
• The remains of some old watermills and lime-kilns.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

External links

• Football Club Patriote of Blendecques Archived 2009-02-14 at the Wayback Machine (in French)

На других языках

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- [en] Blendecques

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[ru] Бландек

Бландек (фр. Blendecques) — коммуна во Франции, регион О-де-Франс, департамент Па-де-Кале, округ Сент-Омер, кантон Лонгнесс. Город расположен в 63 км к северо-западу от Лилля и в 40 км к юго-востоку от Кале, в 5 км от автомагистрали А26 «Англия», на берегу реки А.

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