Tubersent

Tubersent
Tubersent
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Tubersent
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Montreuil
Canton	Étaples
Intercommunality	Mer et Terres d'Opale
Government
• Mayor	Jean Liebaert
Area1	6.9 km2 (2.7 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	526
• Density	76/km2 (200/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62832 / 62630
Elevation	2–105 m (6.6–344.5 ft) (avg. 14 m or 46 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.

Tubersent is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

History

First mentioned in the 9th century as "Thorbodessem" (or "Thornbodeshem" in 877), the place later (1097) was called "Turbodessem".

Places of interest

• The church of St.Etienne, dating from the sixteenth century
• Site of a battle between Ligueurs and royalists in 1591.
• Motte of an old castle.
• A farm dating from the eighteenth century (1735).
• A water mill.

Geography

Tubersent is located 5 miles (8 km) northeast of Montreuil-sur-Mer on the D145 road.

Map of the commune and adjacent places

Population

Historical population of Tubersent

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	309	318	287	351	448	472	526
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Tubersent on the Quid website (French)