Longuenesse

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Longuenesse Langenesse
Commune
The town hall of Longuenesse
Coat of arms
Location of Longuenesse
(2020–2026)		Christian Coupez^[1]
Area ¹	8.4 km² (3.2 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	10,568
• Density	1,300/km² (3,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62525 /62219
Elevation	3–79 m (9.8–259.2 ft) (avg. 75 m or 246 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Longuenesse (French pronunciation: [lɔ̃ɡnɛs]; West Flemish: Langenesse) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3]

Geography

Longuenesse is a large suburb of Saint-Omer, one mile southwest of the centre, on the D928 road.

Population

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Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	4,794	—
1975	9,397	+10.09%
1982	11,970	+3.52%
1990	12,604	+0.65%
1999	12,518	−0.08%
2007	11,120	−1.47%
2012	11,108	−0.02%
2017	11,023	−0.15%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Places of interest

The church of St.Quentin, dating from the nineteenth century.
An old abbey hostel.
The fountain of Saint-Quentin.
Vestiges of a monastery founded in 1298.

Twin towns

Vedrin, in Belgium

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE