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Saint-Folquin
Location of Saint-Folquin
Map
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentPas-de-Calais
ArrondissementSaint-Omer
CantonAudruicq
IntercommunalityCommunauté de communes de la Région d'Audruicq
Government
 • MayorYves Engrand
Area
1
17.95 km2 (6.93 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
2,302
 • Density130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
62748 /62370
Elevation0–10 m (0–33 ft)
(avg. 3 m or 9.8 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Folquin is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France named for a 9th-century Christian saint named Folquin.

Geography

Saint-Folquin is located some 8 miles (13 km) east of Calais on the D229 road, just yards from junction 51 of the A16 autoroute.

Population

Population history
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
1255 1335 1383 1754 1973 2062 2302
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

  • The church of St. Folquin, dating from the sixteenth century
  • The motte of a 14th-century castle

See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References