{{Infobox Commune de France|nomcommune=Vieil-Hesdin
|région=Nord-Pas-de-Calais
|département=Pas-de-Calais
|arrondissement=d'Arras
|canton=Parcq
|insee=62850
|cp=62770
|maire=Maurice Decoster
|mandat=2008-2014
|intercomm=Communauté de communes de Canche Ternoise
|longitude=2.09972222222
|latitude=50.3583333333
|alt moy=37 m
|alt mini=31 m
|alt maxi=125 m
|hectares=982
|km²=9,82
|sans=364
|date-sans=1999
|dens=37|}}
'''Vieil-Hesdin''' est une commune française, située dans le département du région Nord-Pas-de-Calais.

==Géographie==
==Histoire==
==Administration==

 |Fin= à ce jour |Identité= Maurice Decoster |Parti=  |Qualité= }}

==Démographie==
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|+ style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em"| Évolution démographique
|-style="background: #ddffdd"
! 1962 !! 1968 !! 1975 !! 1982 !! 1990 !! 1999
|-
| align=center| 338 || align=center| 338 || align=center| 371 || align=center| 362 || align=center| 364|| align=center| 364
|-
| colspan=6 align=center| <small>Nombre retenu à partir de 1962 : Population sans doubles comptes
|}

==Lieux et monuments==
===Monuments historiques===

*Ancien couvent des Sœurs Noires, actuellement château Façades et toitures ; galerie du cloître (cad. AH 53) : inscription par arrêté du 9 juillet 1981 ; Parc avec ses deux potagers, le mur de clôture et les bâtiments des communs avec le pigeonnier (cad. AH 51 à 57) : inscription par arrêté du 28 avril 1993 
*Château d'Estruval Les façades et toitures du château et des deux pigeonniers, ainsi que le sol de la cour (cad. AC 37) ; les façades et toitures des bâtiments de la ferme, ainsi que le sol de la cour (cad. AC 38) ; le parc du château (cad. AC 27) ; l' allée de tilleuls menant au château (cad. AC 4, 36) ; l' allée de hêtres pourpres, dite "route de Thérouanne" (cad. AC 47) : inscription par arrêté du 13 mars 2000 

{{French commune|name=Vieil-Hesdin
|region=20px Nord-Pas-de-Calais   
|departement=20px Pas-de-Calais 
|arrondissement=20px Montreuil
|canton= Le Parcq
|insee=62850
|cp=62770
|mayor=Maurice Decoster
|mandat=2001-2008
|intercomm=Communauté de communes de Canche Ternoise
|longitude=2.0997
|latitude=50.3583
|alt moy=37 m
|alt mini=31 m
|alt maxi=125 m
|area=982
|km²=9,82
|pop=364
|year=1999
|dens=37
|}}

'''Vieil-Hesdin''' (Eng: Old-Hesdin) is a commune of northern department'' of Pas-de-Calais. 

==Geography==
Situated 6 kilometres south-east of Hesdin, on the banks of the river Canche.
The D340 road passes through the middle of Vieil-Hesdin. 

==History==

Once just simply known as Hesdin, this little village was, in the Middle Ages, a large and prosperous town. Its position in the heart of the county of Artois, once part of the Spanish Netherlands, led to its downfall.
From 1471 until its destruction in 1553, it suffered many sieges and sackings, as a result of fighting between the Kings of France, the Holy Roman Empire, Henry VIII of England and several French nobles.

The end of Hesdin, as it was then known, was at the hands of Charles V. His 60,000 strong army had already ravaged Metz and razed Thérouanne in April 1553 and he ordered the city and the castle completely destroy. A month later, the wreckers had finished their work. Only the convent and chapel were spared.  
Some months later, the demolition material was used to found a new city 6 kilometres downstream, at a village then called Maisnil. This new town took the name Hesdin-fert, then Hesdin-fort, eventually becoming Hesdin. The ruined town was known for a while as Hesdin-le-Châtel, then eventually as Vieil-Hesdin (Old-Hesdin).

==Population==
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|+ style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em"| Population Evolution
|-style="background: #ddffdd"
! 1962 !! 1968 !! 1975 !! 1982 !! 1990 !! 1999
|-
| align=center| 338 || align=center| 338 || align=center| 371 || align=center| 362 || align=center| 364|| align=center| 364
|-
| colspan=6 align=center| <small>Census count from  1962 : Population without double counting
|}