Recques-sur-Hem

Recques-sur-Hem
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Calais
Canton	Marck
Community association	Région d'Audruicq
Coordinates	50 ° 50 ′  N , 2 ° 5 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 50 ′  N , 2 ° 5 ′  E
height	3–46 m
surface	5.41 km 2
Residents	631 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	117 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	62890
INSEE code	62699
Website	http://www.recques-sur-hem.fr/
Recques-sur-Hem town hall

Recques-sur-Hem ( Dutch : Rekke aan de Hem ) is a French municipality with 631 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 Ardres ).

geography

Recques-sur-Hem is about 20 kilometers southeast of Calais am Hem . The municipality is part of the Caps et Marais d'Opale Regional Nature Park .

Recques-sur-Hem is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Zutkerque in the north and west, Polincove in the northeast, Muncq-Nieurlet in the east and northeast, Nordausques in the south and Zouafques in the west and southwest.

Population development
year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
Residents	380	359	325	355	409	504	584	614
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

• Saint-Wandrille Church from the 19th century, originally from the 13th century
• Notre-Dame-des-Bois chapel
• Cocove Castle from the 18th century
• British military cemetery

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  Saint-Wandrille Church

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  Notre-Dame-des-Bois chapel

Personalities

• Paul Nizan (1905–1940), philosopher, journalist and writer

Web links

Commons : Recques-sur-Hem  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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