Bouquehault
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Bouquehault | |
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_mairie.JPG) The town hall of Bouquehault | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Bouquehault  | |
  Bouquehault  Bouquehault | |
| Coordinates: 50°49′38″N 1°54′15″E / 50.8272°N 1.9042°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Calais |
| Canton | Calais-2 |
| Intercommunality | CC Pays d'Opale |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Lucien Melin[1] |
| Area 1 | 8.04 km2 (3.10 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 790 |
| • Density | 98/km2 (250/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62161 /62340 |
| Elevation | 44–181 m (144–594 ft) (avg. 58 m or 190 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Bouquehault (French pronunciation: [buk(ə)o]; Picard: Boucault; Dutch: Beukholt) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.[3]
Geography
[edit]A farming village located 10 miles (16 km) south of Calais, on the D248 road.
Politics
[edit]François Noël served as Mayor from 2014 to 2020.
Lucien Melin is the current Mayor since 2020.
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 480 | — |
| 1975 | 450 | −0.92% |
| 1982 | 488 | +1.16% |
| 1990 | 529 | +1.01% |
| 1999 | 567 | +0.77% |
| 2009 | 697 | +2.09% |
| 2014 | 727 | +0.85% |
| 2020 | 787 | +1.33% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Sights
[edit]- The church of St. Omer, dating from the sixteenth century.
- The nineteenth century Château de Dippendal.
- The remains of an old château.
- A ruined windmill, built in 1868.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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