Verchin
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Verchin () is a
commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...
in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of
France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...
.INSEE commune file
/ref>


Geography

Verchin is located 20 miles (32 km) east of
Montreuil-sur-Mer Montreuil (; also nl, Monsterole), also known as Montreuil-sur-Mer (; pcd, Montreu-su-Mér or , literally ''Montreuil on Sea''), is a sub-prefecture in the Pas-de-Calais department, northern France. It is located on the Canche river, not far fr ...
on the D93 road.


Population

The inhabitants are called ''Verchinois''.


Places of interest

* The Château, dating from the sixteenth century * The seventeenth century presbytery. * The
flamboyant gothic Flamboyant (from ) is a form of late Gothic architecture that developed in Europe in the Late Middle Ages and Renaissance, from around 1375 to the mid-16th century. It is characterized by double curves forming flame-like shapes in the bar-tr ...
church Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship * C ...
of St. Omer, dating from the seventeenth century, with its twisted spire, caused by the use of unseasoned timber.


See also

* Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department


References

Communes of Pas-de-Calais {{PasdeCalais-geo-stub