Quesques
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
| Arrondissement | Boulogne-sur-Mer | |
| Canton | Desvres | |
| Community association | Desvres-Samer | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 42 ′ N , 1 ° 56 ′ E | |
| height | 67-211 m | |
| surface | 13.73 km 2 | |
| Residents | 676 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 49 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 62240 | |
| INSEE code | 62678 | |
 Quesques Town Hall |
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Quesques ( Dutch Kesseke ) is a French municipality with 676 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Pas-de-Calais in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the arrondissement of Boulogne-sur-Mer and the canton of Desvres .
geography
The municipality is halfway between the towns of Boulogne-sur-Mer and Saint-Omer , about 25 kilometers east of the Opal Coast of the English Channel . The municipality is divided by many hills and is located in the Regional Nature Park Caps et Marais d'Opale . Quesques includes the districts of La Creuze, Le Verval and Velinghem . The source of the coastal river Liane is not far from the village center of Quesques . Neighboring municipalities to Quesques are:
- Escœuilles in the north,
- Alquines in the northeast,
- Coulomby in the east,
- Seninghem in the southeast,
- Lotting in the south,
- Selles to the west and
- Brunembert in the northwest.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
| Residents | 585 | 569 | 542 | 481 | 542 | 559 | 568 |
Attractions
- Saint-Ursmar church
- Sainte-Thérèse chapel in the Le Verval district
- two oratorios and several wayside crosses
Web links
Commons : Quesques - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ De Nederlanden in Frankrijk, Jozef van Overstraeten, 1969