Ardres

Commune

Lakes north of Ardres

Coat of arms

Ardres

Location within Hauts-de-France region

Ardres

Coordinates: 50°51′20″N 1°58′42″E / 50.8556°N 1.9783°ECoordinates: 50°51′20″N 1°58′42″E / 50.8556°N 1.9783°E

Country

Area¹

13.52 km² (5.22 sq mi)

Population (2009)²

4,213

• Density

310/km² (810/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

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.

²Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ardres is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.

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 (very 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.

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 is an important market for cattle.

The inhabitants are called Ardrésiens.

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.

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