Cauchy-à-la-Tour is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A farming and ex-coalmining village some southwest of Béthune and southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D183 and the D341 roads.

Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
2981	2997	2696	2712	2907	2856
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

Places of interest

• The church of St.Pierre, rebuilt after the First World War.
• The war memorial.
• Ruins of an old castle.

People with links to the commune

• Philippe Pétain, marshall of France, was born here on the 24 April 1856.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

Notes

• This article is based on the Cauchy-à-la-Tour from the French Wikipedia, consulted on July 12th 2008.

External links

• Website of the Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois
• Cauchy-à-la-Tour on the Quid website