Éperlecques

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Coordinates: 50°48′25″N 2°09′09″E / 50.806944, 2.152500

Commune of Éperlecques
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Ardres
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération de Saint-Omer
Mayor	Michel Guilbert (2008-2014)
Statistics
Elevation	0 m–97 m (avg. 15 m)
Land area¹	25,56 km²
Population² (1999)	2885
- Density	112/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62297/ 62910
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Éperlecques (Dutch: Sperleke) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Population 3 Places of interest 4 References and Notes

[edit] Geography

A farming commune comprised of eight hamlets, all found within the regional nature reserve of the Caps et Marais d'Opale, situated 6 miles (10km) northwest of Saint-Omer, at the D222 and D219 road junction. The small river Liette runs through the village.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
2061	2168	2276	2556	2785	2885
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

• Le Blockhaus d'Éperlecques^[1]
• The church of St.Leger, dating from the 16th century.
• Seven chapels.
• Traces of ancient chateaux.
• The flour mill at Seigre.

Éperlecques is twinned with Zonnebeke in Belgium

[edit] References and Notes

• Éperlecques on the Quid website (French)