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In 1553, the Holy Roman Emperor, [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]] ordered the destruction of the [[Vieil-Hesdin|old fortified town of Hesdin]] and commissioned the present town, some {{convert|6|km|mi}} to the northwest from the original site, close to a house owned by his sister, [[Mary of Hungary (governor of the Netherlands)|Mary of Hungary]] on the banks of the [[Canche]].[{{cite web|url= https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1017/S0038713413001863 |title= Aristocratic Power and the "Natural" Landscape: The Garden Park at Hesdin, ca. 1291–1302|first= Sharon|last= Farmer|publisher= The journal of the Medieval Academy of America |volume=88|date=1 July 2013|access-date=27 April 2026}}] The governor of the town, Antoine d'Helfaut, laid the foundation stone for the town hall (the right hand section of the current structure) on 23 July 1563. The new building was designed by Dom Ponte del Brya in the [[Neoclassical architecture|neoclassical style]], built by Jehan de Hellin and Josse de Fontaine in red brick with stone finishings and was completed in around 1581.[{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=v2hppQjDA-IC&pg=RA1-PA549 |title= La Picardie: revue historique archéologique & littéraire publiée sous les auspices de membres de sociétés savantes des departemets du nord de la France |year=1867|page=549|publisher= Chez Lenoel-Heroualt}}] |
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In 1553, the Holy Roman Emperor, [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]] ordered the destruction of the [[Vieil-Hesdin|old fortified town of Hesdin]] and commissioned the present town, some {{convert|6|km|mi}} to the northwest from the original site, close to a house owned by his sister, [[Mary of Hungary (governor of the Netherlands)|Mary of Hungary]], on the banks of the [[Canche]].[{{cite web|url= https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1017/S0038713413001863 |title= Aristocratic Power and the "Natural" Landscape: The Garden Park at Hesdin, ca. 1291–1302|first= Sharon|last= Farmer|publisher= The journal of the Medieval Academy of America |volume=88|date=1 July 2013|access-date=27 April 2026}}] The governor of the new town, Antoine d'Helfaut, laid the foundation stone for the town hall (the right hand section of the current structure) on 23 July 1563. The new building was designed by Dom Ponte del Brya in the [[Neoclassical architecture|neoclassical style]], built by Jehan de Hellin and Josse de Fontaine in red brick with stone finishings and was completed in around 1581.[{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=v2hppQjDA-IC&pg=RA1-PA549 |title= La Picardie: revue historique archéologique & littéraire publiée sous les auspices de membres de sociétés savantes des departemets du nord de la France |year=1867|page=549|publisher= Chez Lenoel-Heroualt}}] |
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A tower was erected behind the town hall and completed around the same time.[{{cite web|url= https://www.ville-hesdin.fr/le-beffroi-d-hesdin.html |title= Le Beffroi d'Hesdin |publisher=Town of Hesdin|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110031458/https://www.ville-hesdin.fr/le-beffroi-d-hesdin.html |archive-date=10 January 2019}}] The town hall was then extended to the southeast in 1629.[{{cite web|url= https://hesdinlaforet.fr/patrimoine/les-monuments/lhotel-de-ville/ |title= l'Hôtel de Ville|publisher=Town of Hesdin-la-Forêt| access-date=27 April 2026}}] |
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A tower was erected behind the town hall and completed around the same time.[{{cite web|url= https://www.ville-hesdin.fr/le-beffroi-d-hesdin.html |title= Le Beffroi d'Hesdin |publisher=Town of Hesdin|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110031458/https://www.ville-hesdin.fr/le-beffroi-d-hesdin.html |archive-date=10 January 2019}}] The town hall was then extended to the southeast in 1629.[{{cite web|url= https://hesdinlaforet.fr/patrimoine/les-monuments/lhotel-de-ville/ |title= l'Hôtel de Ville|publisher=Town of Hesdin-la-Forêt| access-date=27 April 2026}}] |
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