Ferques
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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 ° 50 ′ N , 1 ° 46 ′ E | |
| height | 39-120 m | |
| surface | 8.97 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,802 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 201 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 62250 | |
| INSEE code | 62329 | |
| Website | http://www.ferques.fr/ | |
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Ferques is a French commune with 1,802 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 . Ferques belongs to the canton of Desvres (until 2015: canton of Marquise ). The inhabitants are called Ferquois .
geography
Ferques is located about 16 kilometers southwest of Calais and about 22 kilometers northeast of Boulogne-sur-Mer . The municipality is part of the Caps et Marais d'Opale Regional Nature Park .
Ferques is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Leubringhen in the northwest, Landrethun-le-Nord in the north, Caffiers in the northeast, Fiennes in the east, Réty in the south, Rinxent in the south and southwest, Marquise in the southwest and Leulinghen-Bernes in the west.
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 | |
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| 1,658 | 1,689 | 1,551 | 1,557 | 1,690 | 1,811 | 1.912 | 1,853 | |
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Attractions
- Notre-Dame de l'Assomption church from the 19th century
- Church of Elinghen
- Le Hure Mill
- Merovingian necropolis
- Ruins of the former monastery chapel
Parish partnership
There is a partnership with the British community of Upchurch in the county of Kent (England).
