Ames, Pas-de-Calais

French commune
name= Ames
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Béthune
canton= Auchel
insee=62028
cp=62190
maire =Marcel Cocq
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm= Communauté de communes Artois-Lys
longitude=2.41611111111
latitude=50.5425
alt moy=53 m
alt mini=52 m
alt maxi=99 m
hectares=800
sans=518
date-sans=1999
dens=147|

Ames is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais "département" in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A farming village situated some convert|11|mi|km|1 west of Béthune and convert|31|mi|km|1 southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D69 and the D91 roads and by the banks of the river Nave.

Population

Places of interest

* The church of Saint-Pierre, dating from the 12th century.
* The war memorial.

See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26527&req=Ames Ames on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on July 10th 2008."