Robecq

Robecq
Coat of arms
Robecq
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Robecq
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Lillers
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes Artois-Lys
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Hervé Deroubaix
Area1	10.56 km2 (4.08 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	1,188
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62713 / 62350
Elevation	16–20 m (52–66 ft) (avg. 19 m or 62 ft)
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.

Robecq is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France found at the junction of the D937, the D69 and the D94 roads

Geography

Robecq is situated about 7 miles (11.3 km) northwest of Béthune and 31 miles (49.9 km) southwest of Lille. The Canal d’Aire, the Clarence River and the Busnes river all flow through the commune.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
1090	1109	1006	1037	1063	1062	1151
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St. Maurice, dating from the fourteenth century.
• The eighteenth-century farmhouse of L’Abiette.
• The war memorial.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• The CWGC graves in the churchyard
• Robecq on the Quid website (French)