Quesques

Quesques
Location of Quesques
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Desvres
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Pays de la Faïence de Desvres
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Paul Saint Maxent
Area 1	13.73 km2 (5.30 sq mi)
Population  (2006)	581
• Density	42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62678 /62240
Elevation	67–211 m (220–692 ft) (avg. 101 m or 331 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Geography

Quesques is situated 12 miles (19 km) east of Boulogne, at the junction of the D254 and D204 roads.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
553	569	542	481	542	559	581
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St. Ursmer, dating from the nineteenth century.
• Ruins of an old chateau.
• A watermill and presbytery from the eighteenth century.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Quesques on the Quid website Template:Fr