Éperlecques

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

Éperlecques
Commune
St. Leodegar's Church
Coat of arms
Location of Éperlecques
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Coordinates: 50°48′25″N 2°09′09″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Saint-Omer
Intercommunality	Pays de Saint-Omer
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Guilbert
Area 1	25.56 km2 (9.87 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	3,742
• Density	150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62297 /62910
Elevation	0–97 m (0–318 ft) (avg. 15 m or 49 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Éperlecques (Dutch: Sperleke; Picard: Éparlecques) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France 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: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• The Blockhaus d'Éperlecques
• St. Leodegar's church, dating from the sixteenth century.
• Seven chapels.
• Traces of ancient châteaux.
• 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

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