Ferques

Ferques
Location of Ferques
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Marquise
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de la Terre des Deux Caps
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Denis Joly
Area 1	8.97 km2 (3.46 sq mi)
Population  (1999)	1,811
• Density	200/km2 (520/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62329 /62250
Elevation	39–120 m (128–394 ft) (avg. 93 m or 305 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ferques is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A farming village, some 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the D231 and the D243 roads.

Population

Historical population of Ferques

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	1658	1689	1551	1557	1690	1811
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 the Assumption, dating from the nineteenth century.
• Ruins of a monastery chapel.
• A Merovingian cemetery.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Official Web site Template:Fr icon
• The history of Ferques Template:Fr icon
• Ferques on the Quid website Template:Fr icon