Courset

Not to be confused with corset.

Courset
Commune
The church of Courset
Coat of arms
Location of Courset
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Coordinates: 50°38′49″N1°50′32″E / 50.6469°N 1.8422°E / 50.6469; 1.8422 Coordinates: 50°38′49″N1°50′32″E / 50.6469°N 1.8422°E / 50.6469; 1.8422
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Desvres
Intercommunality	CC Desvres-Samer
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marc Denavaut [1]
Area 1	10.24 km2 (3.95 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018) [2]	515
• Density	50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62251 /62240
Elevation	121–209 m (397–686 ft) (avg. 118 m or 387 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Courset is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

A farming and forestry village, some 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Boulogne, on the D127 road.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	338	—
1975	363	+1.02%
1982	334	−1.18%
1990	365	+1.12%
1999	396	+0.91%
2007	445	+1.47%
2012	506	+2.60%
2017	515	+0.35%
Source: INSEE [3]

Places of interest

• The church of St. Maurice, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The nineteenth-century chateau de Courset.
• The seventeenth-century manorhouse of la Gaverie.
• Remains of an old castle.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2018". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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