Saint-Martin-au-Laërt

Saint-Martin-au-Laërt
Coat of arms
Saint-Martin-au-Laërt
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Saint-Martin-au-Laërt
Coordinates: 50°45′21″N 2°14′12″E / 50.7558°N 2.2367°E / 50.7558; 2.2367Coordinates: 50°45′21″N 2°14′12″E / 50.7558°N 2.2367°E / 50.7558; 2.2367
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Saint-Omer-Nord
Intercommunality	Saint-Omer
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Bertrand Petit
Area1	4.94 km2 (1.91 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	3,981
• Density	810/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	62757 / 62500
Elevation	1–46 m (3.3–150.9 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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Saint-Martin-au-Laërt is a former commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Saint-Martin-lez-Tatinghem.^[1]

Geography

Saint-Martin-au-Laërt is a farming and light industrial suburb to the northwest of Saint-Omer on the D928 and D923 roads.

Population

The inhabitants are called Saint-Martinois.

Places of interest

• The church of St.Martin, dating from the fifteenth century.
• The windmill tower, classified as an ancient monument.
• The Château de La Tour Blanche.

Administration

See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saint-Martin-au-Laërt.

• Saint-Martin-au-Laërt on the Quid website (French)