Bléquin

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Bléquin
Bléquin coat of arms
Bléquin (France)
Bléquin
region Hauts-de-France
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Saint-Omer
Canton Lumbres
Community association Pays de Lumbres
Coordinates 50 ° 40 ′  N , 1 ° 59 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 40 ′  N , 1 ° 59 ′  E
height 98-208 m
surface 8.69 km 2
Residents 519 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 60 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 62380
INSEE code

Bléquin (Dutch Belken ) is a French municipality with 519 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Pas-de-Calais in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Omer and the canton of Lumbres .

The municipality is part of the Caps et Marais d'Opale Regional Nature Park . Neighboring municipalities of Bléquin are Seninghem in the north, Nielles-lès-Bléquin (Dutch Nieles ) in the east, Ledinghem ( Ledingem ) in the south, Senlecques ( Senleke ) in the southwest and Lottinghen ( Lostingen ) in the west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007
Residents 429 471 395 363 368 338 343

Web links

Commons : Bléquin  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ De Nederlanden in Frankrijk, Jozef van Overstraeten, 1969