Wisques

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Coordinates: 50°43′28″N 2°11′36″E / 50.7244444444, 2.19333333333

Commune of Wisques
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	Gérard Wyckaert
Statistics
Elevation	59 m–127 m (avg. 126 m)
Land area¹	3,74 km²
Population² (1999)	235
- Density	62/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62898/ 62219
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.

Wisques 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 farming village located 4 miles (6km) southwest of Saint-Omer, at the D212 and D208E road junction.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
244	257	228	262	268	235
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

• Two chapels, dating from the 20th century.
• A small 18th century château in Louis XV style.
• The Grand Château : dating from the 14th century.
• The Benedictine abbey of St.Paul

[edit] See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

[edit] External links

• Wisques on the Insee website (French)
• Wisques on the Quid website (French)
• Saint-Paul’s Abbey at Wisques (French)

[edit] Notes

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