Nortkerque

Nortkerque
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Calais
Canton	Marck
Community association	Région d'Audruicq
Coordinates	50 ° 53 '  N , 2 ° 2'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 53 '  N , 2 ° 2'  E
height	3–25 m
surface	13.19 km 2
Residents	1,613 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	122 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	62370
INSEE code	62621
Website	http://nortkerque.fr/
Nortkerque Town Hall (Mairie)

Nortkerque (NDL .: "Noordkerke") is a French municipality with 1,613 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Pas-de-Calais in the region of Hauts-de-France . It has belonged to the Arrondissement of Calais (previously Saint-Omer ) and the Canton of Marck (until 2015: Canton Audruicq ) since 2017 .

geography

Nortkerque is located about 15 kilometers southeast of Calais on the Canal de Calais . Nortkerque is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Guemps and Offekerque in the north, Nouvelle-Église in the northeast, Audruicq in the east, Zutkerque in the south, Nielles-lès-Ardres in the southwest and Ardres in the west and southwest.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
Residents	978	1.010	1,051	1,355	1,539	1,583	1,595	1,627
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

• Saint-Martin Church, first building from 1269, destroyed in 1595, rebuilt in 1642, destroyed again during the French Revolution and rebuilt in 1836
• Rectory from 1753
• Triumphal Arch from 1754
• La Palme Castle
• La Comtesse de la Valois Castle

Saint Martin Church

Web links

Commons : Nortkerque  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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