Offekerque
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region | Hauts-de-France | |
Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
Arrondissement | Calais | |
Canton | Marck | |
Community association | Région d'Audruicq | |
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 | ||||||||
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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
Web links
Commons : Offekerque - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ De Nederlanden in Frankrijk, Jozef van Overstraeten, 1969