Outreau

Outreau
Outreau
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Outreau
Coordinates: 50°42′16″N 1°35′41″E / 50.7044°N 1.5947°E / 50.7044; 1.5947Coordinates: 50°42′16″N 1°35′41″E / 50.7044°N 1.5947°E / 50.7044; 1.5947
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Outreau
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération du Boulonnais
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Thérèse Guilbert
Area1	7.09 km2 (2.74 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	14,650
• Density	2,100/km2 (5,400/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	62643 / 62230
Elevation	2–96 m (6.6–315.0 ft) (avg. 55 m or 180 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Outreau is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Outreau is a large industrial town and port situated adjacent to, and west of Boulogne, on the N1, N142 and D19 roads. The river Liane forms the eastern border of the commune with Boulogne.

The town suffered greatly from Allied bombing during World War II.
Outreau is notorious throughout France for the Outreau trials of 2001–2004.