Ferques
Ferques
Commune in Hauts-de-France, France
Ferques (French pronunciation: [fɛʁk]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[3]
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A general view of Ferques | |
| Coordinates: 50°49′48″N 1°45′39″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Boulogne-sur-Mer |
| Canton | Desvres |
| Intercommunality | CC Terre des Deux Caps |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Denis Joly[1] |
| Area 1 | 8.97 km2 (3.46 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 1,752 |
| • Density | 200/km2 (510/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62329 /62250 |
| Elevation | 39–120 m (128–394 ft) (avg. 93 m or 305 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
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A farming village, some 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the D231 and the D243 roads. Le Haut-Banc station has rail connections to Calais and Boulogne-sur-Mer.
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| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 1,689 | — |
| 1975 | 1,551 | −1.21% |
| 1982 | 1,557 | +0.06% |
| 1990 | 1,690 | +1.03% |
| 1999 | 1,811 | +0.77% |
| 2007 | 1,892 | +0.55% |
| 2012 | 1,853 | −0.42% |
| 2017 | 1,802 | −0.56% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
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- The church of the Assumption, dating from the nineteenth century.
- Ruins of a monastery chapel.
- A Merovingian cemetery.
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
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