Offekerque

Offekerque
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Calais
Canton	Marck
Community association	Région d'Audruicq
Coordinates	50 ° 57 ′  N , 2 ° 1 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 57 ′  N , 2 ° 1 ′  E
height	1-5 m
surface	13.37 km 2
Residents	1,167 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	87 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	62370
INSEE code	62634
Website	http://www.offekerque.fr/
Town hall (Mairie) of Offekerque

Offekerque ( Dutch : Offekerke (older Hofkerke )) is a French municipality with 1167 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Pas-de-Calais in the region of Hauts-de-France (before 2016: Nord-Pas-de- Calais ). It has belonged to the Arrondissement of Calais (previously Saint-Omer ) and the Canton of Marck (until 2015: Canton Audruicq ) since 2017 .

geography

Offekerque is about ten kilometers east-southeast of Calais and about 28 kilometers west-southwest of Dunkirk . Offekerque is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Oye-Plage in the north and northeast, Nouvelle-Église in the east, Nortkerque in the south, Guemps in the west and Marck in the north-west.

The A16 autoroute runs through the municipality .

Demographics

Population development
year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
Residents	634	635	628	698	759	939	1.008	1,147
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

• Sainte-Thérèse-de-l'Enfant-Jésus church from 1936
• Windmill (called "White Mill" or "Mühle Lianne")
• The Olieux mill has now been moved to the Mill Museum in Villeneuve-d'Ascq
• Entrance building of the old train station

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  Church of Sainte-Thérèse-de-l'Enfant-Jésus

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  former station building

Web links

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

Individual evidence

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