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Coordinates: 50°32′33″N 2°24′58″E / 50.5425°N 2.41611111111°E / 50.5425; 2.41611111111

Commune of Ames

Blason Ames.svg

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Location
Ames, Pas-de-Calais is located in France
Ames, Pas-de-Calais
Administration
Country France
Region Blason Nord-Pas-De-Calais.svg Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department Pas de Calais Arms.svg Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Béthune
Canton Auchel
Intercommunality Artois-Lys
Mayor Marcel Cocq
(2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation 52–99 m (170–320 ft)
(avg. 53 m/170 ft)
Land area1 3.5 km2 (1.4 sq mi)
Population2 518  (1999)
 - Density 148 /km2 (380 /sq mi)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 62028/ 62190
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

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Geography

A farming village situated some 11 miles (17.7 km) west of Béthune and 31 miles (49.9 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D69 and the D91 roads and by the banks of the river Nave.

Population

Population history
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999
610 639 611 601 555 518
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

Places of interest

  • The church of Saint-Pierre, dating from the twelfth century
  • The war memorial

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