Aix-en-Issart

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Aix-en-Issart

(2020–2026) Pierre Lafonte^[1]Area

10.1 km² (3.9 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

270 • Density27/km² (69/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

62018 /62170

Elevation15–125 m (49–410 ft)
(avg. 22 m or 72 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Aix-en-Issart (French pronunciation: [ɛks ɑ̃n‿isaʁ]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.^[3] A place named in Ascio is mentioned as early as 800 AD while during the Middle Ages the place used to be called Rodenaken by Flemish speaking people.^[4]

Geography

A small village situated some 5 miles(7 km) east of Montreuil-sur-Mer, at the D149 and D129 crossroads, by the banks of the small river Bras de Bronne, a tributary of the Canche.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	283	—
1975	264	−0.99%
1982	239	−1.41%
1990	247	+0.41%
1999	210	−1.79%
2007	266	+3.00%
2012	260	−0.46%
2017	263	+0.23%
Source: INSEE^[5]

Notable person

Jean de Beaurain (1696–1771), geographer, was born in Aix-en-Issart.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Aix-en-Issart/Rodenaken: proussel.voila.net Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE