Licques

Licques
Commune
The town hall of Licques
Coat of arms
Location of Licques
Licques Licques
Coordinates: 50°47′09″N 1°56′15″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Calais
Canton	Calais-2
Intercommunality	CC Pays d'Opale
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Aliette Polaert
Area 1	18.36 km2 (7.09 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	1,636
• Density	89/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62506 /62850
Elevation	52–176 m (171–577 ft) (avg. 87 m or 285 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Licques is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

A farming village located 24 km south of Calais in the valley of the Hem, at the junction of the D191 and D215 roads. It is a large producer of turkeys and other fowl.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
1296	1307	1389	1387	1351	1440	1543
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The eighteenth-century château de Cahen.
• The ruins of the château of Courtebourne.
• Vestiges of the 11th century Premonstrate abbey, nowadays the parish church.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file