Tournehem-sur-la-Hem Doornem
Commune
Town fortifications
Coat of arms
Location of Tournehem-sur-la-Hem
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Coordinates: 50°48′26″N 2°02′57″E / 50.8072°N 2.0492°E / 50.8072; 2.0492
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Saint-Omer
Intercommunality	Pays de Saint-Omer
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean Paul Vasseur[1]
Area 1	18.14 km2 (7.00 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2021)[2]	1,371
• Density	76/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62827 /62890
Elevation	22–174 m (72–571 ft) (avg. 39 m or 128 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Tournehem-sur-la-Hem (West Flemish: Doornem) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3]

Geography

Tournehem-sur-la-Hem is located 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Saint-Omer, at the D217 and D218 road junction, on the banks of the river Hem.

Population

Places of interest

• The church of Saint Médard, dating from the fifteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth century, now a historical monument.^[5]
• The ruins of the 12th-century château which was destroyed in 1542.
• The area also has some windmill's, such as the Moulin à vent Bacquet.
• The eighteenth-century château at Guémy.
• The church of Notre-Dame at Guémy, dating from the eighteenth century.
• The ruins of the 13th-century chapel of Guémy on Saint Louis Mount, which has extensive views of the area