Wisques
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region | Hauts-de-France | |
Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
Arrondissement | Saint-Omer | |
Canton | Lumbres | |
Community association | Pays de Lumbres | |
Coordinates | 50 ° 43 ' N , 2 ° 12' E | |
height | 59-127 m | |
surface | 3.74 km 2 | |
Residents | 226 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 60 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 62219 | |
INSEE code | 62898 |
Wisques (NDL .: "Wizeke") is a French municipality with 226 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 Saint-Omer and the canton of Lumbres . Wisques is about five kilometers west-southwest of Saint-Omer .
The municipality is part of the Caps et Marais d'Opale Regional Nature Park . Neighboring communities of Wisques are Tatinghem (ndl .: Tatingem ) in the northeast, Longuenesse in the east, Wizernes (ndl .: Wezerne ) in the south-east, Hallines (ndl .: Haneline ) in the south, Esquerdes (ndl .: Zwerde ) in the southwest, Setques in the West and Leulinghem (ndl .: Loningem bij Stratem ) in the north-west.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
Residents | 244 | 257 | 228 | 262 | 268 | 235 | 248 |
Attractions
The Benedictine Abbey of Saint-Paul is particularly worth seeing , especially the abbey church with its Gothic elements. The monastery was founded in 1889. In 1910 it was elevated to the status of an abbey . See also the Benedictine Abbey of Wisques .
There is also a small château with facades that are well worth seeing (Monument historique since 1977).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Jozef van Overstraeten: De Nederlanden in Frankrijk. Buttoned encyclopedie . Vlaamse Toeristenbond, Antwerp 1969.
- ↑ Catalogus Monasteriorum OSB Monachorum. Editio XIX. S. Anselmo, Rome 2000, p. 134.
← Previous location: Licques 24 km | Wisques | Next town: Thérouanne 13 km →
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