Nielles-lès-Ardres (, literally ''Nielles
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Ardres
Ardres (; vls, Aarden, lang; pcd, Arde) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.
Geography
Ardres is located 10.1 mi by rail (station is at Pont-d'Ardres, a few km from Ardres) S.S.E. of Calais, with which it is a ...
''; nl, Niel-bij-Aarde) is a
commune
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in the
Pas-de-Calais department in the
Hauts-de-France region of
France
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Geography
Nielles-lès-Ardres lies about 14 miles (22 km) northwest of Saint-Omer
Saint-Omer (; vls, Sint-Omaars) is a commune and sub-prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department in France.
It is west-northwest of Lille on the railway to Calais, and is located in the Artois province. The town is named after Saint Audoma ...
, on the D225E road.
Population
Places of interest
* The church of St. Pierre, dating from the year 1200.
* Ruins of the château de la Montoire, destroyed by the duc de Vendôme in 1542.
* Château de la Cressonnerie, built between 1808/1812.
* The seventeenth century ‘Le Colombier’, an enormous round tower.
See also
* Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department
References
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