Éperlecques

This article is about the French commune. For the World War II bunker Le Blockhaus d'Éperlecques, see Blockhaus d'Éperlecques.

Éperlecques
Éperlecques
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Éperlecques
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Ardres
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération de Saint-Omer
Mayor	Michel Guilbert (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	0–97 m (0–318 ft) (avg. 15 m or 49 ft)
Land area1	25.56 km2 (9.87 sq mi)
Population2	2,885  (1999)
- Density	113 /km2 (290 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62297/ 62910
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Éperlecques (Dutch: Sperleke) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

It is a farming commune comprising eight hamlets, all found within the regional nature reserve of the Caps et Marais d'Opale, situated 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Saint-Omer, at the D222 and D219 road junction. The small river Liette runs through the village.

Population

Historical population of Éperlecques

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	2061	2168	2276	2556	2785	2885
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• The Blockhaus d'Éperlecques
• The church of St.Leger, dating from the sixteenth century.
• Seven chapels.
• Traces of ancient chateaux.
• The flour mill at Seigre.

Twin towns

Éperlecques is twinned with Zonnebeke in Belgium.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Éperlecques on the Quid website (French)
  

  

  Vista towards Hellebrouck