Ecques

Ecques
Commune
The centre of Ecques
Coat of arms
Location of Ecques
Ecques Ecques
Coordinates: 50°40′15″N 2°17′14″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Fruges
Intercommunality	Pays de Saint-Omer
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Philippe Fardoux
Area 1	12.59 km2 (4.86 sq mi)
Population  (1999)	1,781
• Density	140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62288 /62129
Elevation	25–80 m (82–262 ft) (avg. 26 m or 85 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Geography

A large farming village situated 5 miles (8 km) south of Saint-Omer, at the D201 and D189 crossroads.

Population

Historical population of Ecques

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	1047	1108	1124	1295	1637	1781
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.Nicholas, dating from the twelfth century.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Ecques on the Insee website Template:Fr icon
• Ecques on the Quid website Template:Fr icon