Polincove

Polincove
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Calais
Canton	Marck
Community association	Région d'Audruicq
Coordinates	50 ° 51 ′  N , 2 ° 6 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 51 ′  N , 2 ° 6 ′  E
height	1–21 m
surface	4.75 km 2
Residents	853 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	180 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	62370
INSEE code	62662
Website	http://www.polincove.fr/
Polincove Town Hall

Polincove ( Dutch : Pollinkhove ) is a French municipality with 853 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Pas-de-Calais in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Calais and the canton of Marck (until 2015: canton of Audruicq ).

geography

Polincove is about 20 kilometers southeast of Calais . The municipality is part of the Caps et Marais d'Opale Regional Nature Park . In the northeast, the Canal de Calais borders the municipality.

Polincove is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Audruicq in the north and northwest, Sainte-Marie-Kerque in the northeast, Muncq-Nieurlet in the east and southeast, Recques-sur-Hem in the south and Zutkerque in the west.

Population development
year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
Residents	439	395	389	416	453	560	700	810
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

• Saint-Léger church from 1811
• Chapel of the Virgin Mary
• two mills

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  Saint-Léger church

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  Chapel of the Virgin Mary

Web links

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

Individual evidence

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