Bouquehault

Bouquehault
Commune
The town hall of Bouquehault
Coat of arms
Location of Bouquehault
Bouquehault Bouquehault
Coordinates: 50°49′38″N 1°54′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)	Éric Schollaert
Area 1	8.04 km2 (3.10 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	790
• Density	98/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62161 /62340
Elevation	44–181 m (144–594 ft) (avg. 58 m or 190 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bouquehault (Dutch:Beukholt) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village located 10 miles (16 km) south of Calais, on the D248 road.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	452	—
1968	480	+6.2%
1975	450	−6.2%
1982	488	+8.4%
1990	529	+8.4%
1999	567	+7.2%
2009	697	+22.9%

Sights

• The church of St. Omer, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The nineteenth centuryChâteau de Dippendal.
• The remains of an old château.
• A ruined windmill, built in 1868.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file