Couturelle

Couturelle
Coat of arms
Couturelle
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Couturelle
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Avesnes-le-Comte
Intercommunality	Deux Sources
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	René Tempez
Area1	2.1 km2 (0.8 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	87
• Density	41/km2 (110/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62253 / 62158
Elevation	130–171 m (427–561 ft) (avg. 159 m or 522 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.

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

Geography

A small farming village located 15 miles (25 km) southwest of Arras at the junction of the D25 and D23 roads, on the border with the department of the Somme.

Population

Historical population of Couturelle

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	122	126	108	102	106	87
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• The church of St.Thomas, dating from the nineteenth century.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.
• Remains of a 13th-century castle.
• The eighteenth-century chateau.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• CWGC graves in the commune’s cemetery
• Couturelle on the Quid website (French)