Créquy

Créquy
Commune
The town hall, school and library of Créquy
Coat of arms
Location of Créquy
Créquy Créquy
Coordinates: 50°29′41″N 2°02′52″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Montreuil
Canton	Fruges
Intercommunality	CC Haut Pays du Montreuillois
Government
• Mayor	Germain Dolle
Area 1	20.4 km2 (7.9 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	463
• Density	23/km2 (59/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62257 /62310
Elevation	75–190 m (246–623 ft) (avg. 145 m or 476 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Créquy (French: [kʁe.kɥi]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

One of many small villages in Artois, Créquy gives it name to the small stream, the Créquoise, that rises in the nearby hills and is one of the waterways of the 'Seven Valleys' tourist area.

Population

Historical population of Créquy

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	700	730	691	611	605	561
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Coat of arms

The Créquy coat of arms is derived from 'ardentis quercus robur mythicon' ('the flaming oak of myth').

The aforementioned oak was a particularly fine example of the genus, with particularly impressive girth, which was a popular gathering point for visitors around the summer solstice (ambiguous; dates of recorded assemblages are sporadic & the solstictic link may be happenchance). The tree was said to have spontaneously combusted during one convocation, henceforth the legend was born.

Notable people

• The Créquy family lived nearby and took its name from this place.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Créquy, village de la Morinie (in French)
• Official Web site (in French)