Aix-en-Issart | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason Aix-en-Issart.svg |
Coordinates: | 50.4775°N 1.8594°W |
Arrondissement: | Montreuil |
Canton: | Auxi-le-Château |
Insee: | 62018 |
Postal Code: | 62170 |
Mayor: | Pierre Lafonte[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CC des 7 Vallées |
Elevation M: | 22 |
Elevation Min M: | 15 |
Elevation Max M: | 125 |
Area Km2: | 10.1 |
Aix-en-Issart (in French pronounced as /ɛks ɑ̃n‿isaʁ/) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.[2] 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.[3]
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.
Jean de Beaurain (1696–1771), geographer, was born in Aix-en-Issart.