Tournehem-sur-la-Hem

Tournehem-sur-la-Hem
Town fortifications
Tournehem-sur-la-Hem
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Tournehem-sur-la-Hem
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Ardres
Intercommunality	Région d'Ardres et de la Vallée de la Hem
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Léon Leclercq
Area1	18.14 km2 (7.00 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	1,253
• Density	69/km2 (180/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62827 / 62890
Elevation	22–174 m (72–571 ft) (avg. 39 m or 128 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.

Tournehem-sur-la-Hem is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

Tournehem-sur-la-Hem is located 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Saint-Omer, at the D217 and D218 road junction, on the banks of the river Hem.

Population

Historical population of Tournehem-sur-la-Hem

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	831	835	965	1018	1069	1219	1253
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 Saint Médard, dating from the fifteenth century.
• The ruins of the 12th-century château which was destroyed in 1542.
• The tower of a 15th-century windmill.
• The eighteenth-century château at Guémy.
• The church of Notre-Dame at Guémy, dating from the eighteenth century.
• The ruins of the 13th-century chapel of Saint Louis at Guémy.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Regional Tourist Office website (French)
• Tournehem-sur-la-Hem on the Quid website (French)

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  The ruins of the chapel

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  at Guémy