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Herbelles

Delegated commune of Bellinghem in Hauts-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Herbelles

50°39′22″N 2°13′24″E / 50.6561°N 2.2233°E / 50.6561; 2.2233CountryFranceRegionHauts-de-FranceDepartmentPas-de-CalaisArrondissementSaint-OmerCantonFrugesCommuneBellinghem Area

4.55 km² (1.76 sq mi)Population

(2019)^[1]

536 • Density120/km² (310/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal code

62129

Elevation55–110 m (180–361 ft)
(avg. 100 m or 330 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Herbelles (French pronunciation: [ɛʁbɛl]) is a former commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[2] On 1 September 2016, it was merged into the new commune Bellinghem,^[3] of which it became a delegated commune.^[4]

Geography

A small village situated 5 miles (8 km) south of Saint-Omer, at the D192 and D201 crossroads.

Population

Historical population of Herbelles
Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2014
Population	261	277	257	288	335	458	481	534
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

The church of St. Leger, dating from the seventeenth century.
Two 17th century farm houses.

References

^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Herbelles, EHESS (in French).
^ Arrêté préfectoral 31 May 2016 (in French)
^ Commune d'Herbelles (62431), commune déléguée, INSEE