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Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pɔl syʁ tɛʁnwaz], literally Saint-Pol on Ternoise; West Flemish: Sint-Pols-aan-de-Ternas) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. It is the seat of the canton of Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise.[2] The population of the town is 4,909 (2019).

Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise
Commune
The bell tower of Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise
Location of Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise
Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise
Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise
Coordinates: 50°22′47″N 2°20′06″E
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentPas-de-Calais
ArrondissementArras
CantonSaint-Pol-sur-Ternoise
IntercommunalityCC Ternois
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Benoît Demagny
Area
1
8.24 km2 (3.18 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
4,909
  Density600/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
62767 /62130
Elevation82–149 m (269–489 ft)
(avg. 87 m or 285 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History


The county of Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, usually referred to as just Saint-Pol, was originally a stronghold of the Counts of Flanders and was established as a county in the late 9th century. When the county passed out of the family of the Flemish counts, it remained subject to the Count of Flanders as his vassals until 1180. It became subject to France, then Artois (1237–1329), then France again until it ceased to exist as a county and was annexed to France in 1702.

Saint-Pol was first controlled by the Flemish counts, then by the family known as Campdavaine from early in the 11th century. In 1205 the county passed to the seigneurs of Châtillon through marriage, and remained with this dynasty until 1360 when it passed to the Luxembourg dynasty. Around 1487 the county passed to the Capetian-Bourbon-Vendôme dynasty through marriage, then to the Longueville-Neuchâtel dynasty from around 1563. In 1702 it came under direct rule of France.

In the Middle Ages, several of the Counts of Saint-Pol were active in the Crusades.

On 7 November 1920, the remains of four unidentifiable, fallen British soldiers disinterred from the battlefields at Aisne, Arras, the Somme and Ypres were brought to the town's chapel. There, Brigadier-General Louis John Wyatt of the North Staffordshire Regiment, aided by Lieutenant-Colonel EAS Gell, selected one to be carried to Westminster Abbey to be re-buried in the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior. The remaining three bodies were removed and reburied in the military cemetery [3] at Wyatt's headquarters at St Pol.[4]


Population


Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 5,318    
1975 5,717+1.04%
1982 5,752+0.09%
1990 5,215−1.22%
1999 5,220+0.01%
2007 5,132−0.21%
2012 5,113−0.07%
2017 4,971−0.56%
Source: INSEE[5]

Notable people


Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise was the birthplace of Marie de St Pol (c1303-1377), foundress of Pembroke College, Cambridge.

Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise was the birthplace of Pierre Repp (1909–1986), humorist and actor.

Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise was the birthplace of Martial Joseph Armand Herman (1749-1795), a politician of the French Revolution, and temporary French Foreign Minister.


See also



References


  1. "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
  2. INSEE commune file
  3. St. Pol British Cemetery on rue de Canteraine, CWGC
  4. North Staffs Regiment Officer selects the Unknown Warrior, Pursehouse, Richard and Crozier, Danielle, in Bulletin Number 112, a journal of the Western Front Association, December 2018, p.23
  5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

На других языках


- [en] Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise

[es] Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise

Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise es una población y comuna francesa, situada en la región de Alta Francia, departamento de Paso de Calais, en el distrito de Arras y cantón de Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise.

[ru] Сен-Поль-сюр-Тернуаз

Сен-Поль-сюр-Тернуаз (фр. Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise) — коммуна во Франции, регион О-де-Франс, департамент Па-де-Кале, округ Аррас, кантон Сен-Поль-сюр-Тернуаз. Расположена в 33 км к северо-западу от Арраса и в 29 км к западу от Бетюна, на берегу речки Тернуаз, притока Канша. В центре коммуны находится железнодорожная станция Сен-Поль-сюр-Тернуаз, конечная станции линии из Лилля.



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