Clarques

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Coordinates: 50°38′50″N 2°16′42″E / 50.6472222222, 2.27833333333

Administration
Commune of Clarques
Location

Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Aire-sur-la-Lys
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de la Morinie
Mayor	René Allouchery (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	29 m–97 m (avg. 66 m)
Land area^¹	6,96 km²
Population^² (1999)	233
- Density	33/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62226/ 62129
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.

Clarques is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

1 Geography
2 Population
3 Places of interest
4 See also
5 External links
6 Notes

[edit] Geography

A farming village situated 8 miles (13km) south of Saint-Omer, on the D190 and D192 road junction. The A26 autoroute passes by the commune just 200 yards (180 m) away.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution
1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
234	254	238	206	231	233
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

The church of St.Martin, dating from the 17th century.
The remains of two abbeys: The Benedictine abbey of Saint-Jean-au-Mont, founded in 1080 by Hubert, Bishop of Thérouanne, was destroyed in 1537 during military operations and the community took refuge at Ypres. The other abbey was founded in 1131 as an Augustine (Premonstratensian order) by Milon, Bishop of Thérouanne, which survived until the French Revolution.
A watermill.
A chateau

The chateau of Clarques

The present chateau was built in the early 1780s by Augustin Titelouze de Gournay, a king’s musketeer, before his marriage to Marie-Therese de Feuchin in 1788. The house was enlarged in 1905 by Joseph de Gournay from the plans of architect Lillois Vilain, adding the protruding wings.