Ferques
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Ferques | |
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Coordinates: 50°49′48″N 1°45′39″E / 50.83°N 1.7608°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Pas-de-Calais |
Arrondissement | Boulogne-sur-Mer |
Canton | Desvres |
Intercommunality | CC Terre des Deux Caps |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Denis Joly[1] |
Area 1 | 8.97 km2 (3.46 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 1,752 |
• Density | 200/km2 (510/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 62329 /62250 |
Elevation | 39–120 m (128–394 ft) (avg. 93 m or 305 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Ferques (French pronunciation: [fɛʁk]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[3]
Geography
[edit]A farming village, some 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the D231 and the D243 roads. Le Haut-Banc station has rail connections to Calais and Boulogne-sur-Mer.
Population
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 1,689 | — |
1975 | 1,551 | −1.21% |
1982 | 1,557 | +0.06% |
1990 | 1,690 | +1.03% |
1999 | 1,811 | +0.77% |
2007 | 1,892 | +0.55% |
2012 | 1,853 | −0.42% |
2017 | 1,802 | −0.56% |
Source: INSEE[4] |
Places of interest
[edit]- The church of the Assumption, dating from the nineteenth century.
- Ruins of a monastery chapel.
- A Merovingian cemetery.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "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
External links
[edit]- Official Web site (in French)
- The history of Ferques (in French)