Ambricourt Explained

Ambricourt
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason ville fr Ambricourt (Pas-de-Calais).svg
Coordinates:50.471°N 2.1783°W
Arrondissement:Montreuil
Canton:Fruges
Insee:62026
Postal Code:62310
Mayor:Raphael Herbert[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:CC Haut Pays du Montreuillois
Elevation M:124
Elevation Min M:93
Elevation Max M:138
Area Km2:3.39

Ambricourt (in French pronounced as /ɑ̃bʁikuʁ/) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.[2]

The commune is the setting of Georges Bernanos's 1936 novel The Diary of a Country Priest (Journal d'un curé de campagne).

Geography

A small village situated some 15 miles (24 km) east of Montreuil-sur-Mer, on the D71 E4 road.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 9 August 2021. fr.
  2. https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/cog/commune/COM62026-ambricourt INSEE commune file