Setques

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Coordinates: 50°42′45″N 2°09′34″E / 50.7125, 2.15944444444

Commune of Setques
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Lumbres
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Pays de Lumbres
Mayor	Sylvain Lefebvre
Statistics
Elevation	32 m–115 m (avg. 55 m)
Land area¹	3,89 km²
Population² (1999)	627
- Density	161/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62794/ 62380
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.

Setques 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 See also 5 External links 6 Notes

[edit] Geography

A village of farming and light industry located some 8 miles (13km) southwest of Saint-Omer, at the junction of the D211 and D342 roads, in the valley of the Aa river. Junction 3 of the A26 autoroute is only a mile away.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
544	547	502	538	627	627
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

• The church of St.Omer, dating from the 18th century.

[edit] See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

[edit] External links

• Setques on the Insee website (French)
• Setques on the Quid website (French)

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on May 19th 2008.