Ardres

Ardres
Ardres; Aarden
	Commune
	Lakes north of Ardres
	Coat of arms
	Location of Ardres
	Ardres Ardres
	Coordinates: 50°51′20″N 1°58′42″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Calais
Canton	Calais-2
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes des Pays d'Opale
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Ludovic Loquet
Area 1	13.52 km2 (5.22 sq mi)
Population (2017-01-01)[1]	4,405
• Density	330/km2 (840/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62038 /62610
Elevation	2–17 m (6.6–55.8 ft) ; (avg. 11 m or 36 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ardres (West Flemish: Aarden) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.

Geography

Ardres is located 10.1 mi by rail (station is at Pont-d'Ardres, a few km from Ardres) S.S.E. of Calais, with which it is also connected by a canal (with limited turning space). It is one of three towns known as the Les Trois Pays ("the Three Countries"), the other two being Guînes and Licques.

History

Ardes, the first town in the French king's land, has a rich and vibrant history as a military and trading post for the English from 1347 to 1558.

The "Field of the Cloth of Gold", where Henry VIII of England and Francis I of France met in 1520, was at Balinghem in the immediate neighbourhood. The town has been an important market for cattle.[2]

Population

The inhabitants are called Ardrésiens.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,596	—
1800	1,466	−8.1%
1806	1,645	+12.2%
1821	1,844	+12.1%
1831	2,016	+9.3%
1836	2,150	+6.6%
1841	2,195	+2.1%
1846	2,112	−3.8%
1851	2,071	−1.9%
1856	2,031	−1.9%
1861	2,277	+12.1%
1866	2,189	−3.9%
1872	2,143	−2.1%
1876	2,223	+3.7%
1881	2,293	+3.1%
1886	2,274	−0.8%
1891	2,473	+8.8%
1896	2,522	+2.0%
1901	2,597	+3.0%
1906	2,717	+4.6%
1911	2,785	+2.5%
1921	2,839	+1.9%
1926	2,708	−4.6%
1931	2,625	−3.1%
1936	2,719	+3.6%
1946	2,901	+6.7%
1954	2,939	+1.3%
1962	2,997	+2.0%
1968	3,195	+6.6%
1975	3,126	−2.2%
1982	3,390	+8.4%
1990	3,936	+16.1%
1999	4,154	+5.5%
2005	4,171	+0.4%
2006	4,191	+0.5%
2009	4,213	+0.5%
2010	4,223	+0.2%
2015	4,320	+2.3%

Sights

Major tourist attractions at Ardres include the Chapelle des Carmes and the Eglise Notre Dame de Grâce.

There are also some lakes (created when peat was removed) which provide fishing and sailing.

Personalities

Jean-Marie Dorsenne (1773–1812), a French military commander of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, was born in Ardres

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References

"Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ardres". Encyclopædia Britannica. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 451.

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[1] "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

[EB1911-2] One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ardres". Encyclopædia Britannica. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 451.