Guemps (; vls, Ganep, lang) is a
commune
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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
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.
INSEE commune file
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Geography
A farming village situated 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Calais, at the D229 and D32 crossroads.
Population
Places of interest
* The church of St.John the Baptist, dating from the fifteenth century.
* The windmill
A windmill is a structure that converts wind power into rotational energy using vanes called sails or blades, specifically to mill grain (gristmills), but the term is also extended to windpumps, wind turbines, and other applications, in some ...
s, used to pump water from the marshland.
See also
* Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department
References
Communes of Pas-de-Calais
Pale of Calais
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