Isques
Appearance
Isques | |
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Coordinates: 50°40′36″N 1°39′03″E / 50.6767°N 1.6508°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Pas-de-Calais |
Arrondissement | Boulogne-sur-Mer |
Canton | Outreau |
Intercommunality | Communauté d'agglomération du Boulonnais |
Government | |
• Mayor (2008–2014) | Jean-Pierre Gobert |
Area 1 | 6.98 km2 (2.69 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[1] | 1,147 |
• Density | 160/km2 (430/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 62474 /62360 |
Elevation | 4–154 m (13–505 ft) (avg. 9 m or 30 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Isques is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
Geography
A forestry, farming and dormitory village situated some 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Boulogne, at junction 28 of the A16 autoroute with the D901 (formerly the N1 Paris-Calais highway). The river Liane flows through the commune.
Population
Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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Population | 711 | 745 | 736 | 960 | 1171 | 1102 | 1159 |
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. |
Places of interest
- The church of St. Apolline, dating from the sixteenth century.
- The eighteenth-century chateau d'Hermerangues.
- A sixteenth-century castle on a motte.
- The sixteenth-century chateau de Quehen.
- The eighteenth-century chateau de Pont-de-Briques.
See also
References
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Isques.
- Official website of the commune (in French)