Quelmes

Quelmes
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Lumbres
Community association	Pays de Lumbres
Coordinates	50 ° 44 '  N , 2 ° 8'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 44 '  N , 2 ° 8'  E
height	55-158 m
surface	9.86 km 2
Residents	576 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	58 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	62500
INSEE code	62674
Town Hall (Mairie) of Quelmes

Quelmes ( Dutch Kelmes ) is a French municipality with 576 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Pas-de-Calais in the region of Hauts-de-France (formerly Nord-Pas-de-Calais ). It belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Omer and the canton of Lumbres .

geography

Quelmes is about seven kilometers west of Saint-Omer . The municipality is part of the Caps et Marais d'Opale Regional Nature Park .

Neighboring municipalities of Quelmes are Moringhem in the north, Zudausques in the northeast, Leulinghem in the east, Setques in the south and southeast, Lumbres in the south, Acquin-Westbécourt in the west and Boisdinghem in the northwest.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
Residents	261	246	262	371	445	447	564	565
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

• Saint-Pierre church from the 13th century

Saint-Pierre church

Web links

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

Individual evidence

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