Esquerdes
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Omer | |
| Canton | Lumbres | |
| Community association | Pays de Lumbres | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 42 ′ N , 2 ° 11 ′ E | |
| height | 25-139 m | |
| surface | 9.4 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,629 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 173 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 62380 | |
| INSEE code | 62309 | |
Esquerdes (NDL .: "Zwerde") is a French municipality with 1629 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 .
Neighboring municipalities of Esquerdes are Wisques in the north, Hallines in the east, Remilly-Wirquin in the south, Wavrans-sur-l'Aa in the south-west, Elnes in the west and Setques in the north-west. The municipality is part of the Caps et Marais d'Opale Regional Nature Park .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 |
| Residents | 1,147 | 1,205 | 1,182 | 1,278 | 1,530 | 1,465 | 1,584 |
Attractions
- Saint-Martin Church ( Monument historique since 1914)
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- Poudrerie nationale d'Esquerdes ( powder mill , 17th century)
Personalities
- Philippe de Crèvecœur (around 1418–1494), Lord of Esquerdes and Marshal of France , also known as Maréchal des Cordes and Maréchal d'Esquerdes
Web links
Commons : Esquerdes - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ De Nederlanden in Frankrijk, Jozef van Overstraeten, 1969
- ↑ Église Saint-Martin in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)