Beuvrequen
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region | Hauts-de-France | |
Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
Arrondissement | Boulogne-sur-Mer | |
Canton | Desvres | |
Community association | Terre des Deux Caps | |
Coordinates | 50 ° 48 ′ N , 1 ° 40 ′ E | |
height | 3-93 m | |
surface | 4.75 km 2 | |
Residents | 457 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 96 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 62250 | |
INSEE code | 62125 | |
Website | http://beuvrequen.fr/ |
Beuvrequen ( Flemish : Beuverken ) is a French municipality with 457 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the district of Boulogne-sur-Mer in the department of Pas-de-Calais in the region of Hauts-de-France . Beuvrequen belongs to the canton of Desvres (until 2015: canton of Marquise ).
geography
Beuvrequen is located about 25 kilometers southwest of Calais and about 12 kilometers north-northeast of Boulogne-sur-Mer near the opal coast of the English Channel ( North Sea ) on the Slack . The municipality is part of the Caps et Marais d'Opale Regional Nature Park .
Beuvrequen is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Marquise in the north and east, Offrethun in the south-east, Wacquinghen in the south and Wimille in the west and south-west.
The A16 autoroute runs through the municipality .
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 | |
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240 | 237 | 313 | 306 | 322 | 392 | 409 | 413 | |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Saint-Maxime church from the 16th century
- René windmill