Saint-Martin-au-Laërt (; vls, Sint-Maartens-Aard) is a former
commune
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in the
Pas-de-Calais
Pas-de-Calais (, " strait of Calais"; pcd, Pas-Calés; also nl, Nauw van Kales) is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which it borders. It has the most communes of all the departments ...
department
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in northern
France
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. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune
Saint-Martin-lez-Tatinghem
Saint-Martin-lez-Tatinghem (, literally ''Saint-Martin near Tatinghem'') is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department of northern France
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Saint-Martin-au-Laërt is a farming and light industrial suburb to the 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 Audomar, ...
on the D928 and D923 roads.
Population
The inhabitants are called ''Saint-Martinois''.
Places of interest
* The church of St.Martin, dating from the fifteenth century.
* The
windmill
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tower, classified as an ancient monument.
* The Château de La Tour Blanche.
Administration
See also
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department
The following is a list of the 890 communes of the Pas-de-Calais department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Saintmartinaulaert
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