Ecques

Ecques

Ecques
Administration
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 Philippe Fardoux
(2001–2008)
Statistics
Elevation 25–80 m (82–260 ft)
(avg. 26 m/85 ft)
Land area1 12.59 km2 (4.86 sq mi)
Population2 1,781  (1999)
 - Density 141 /km2 (370 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 62288/ 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 without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Ecques is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

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Geography

A large farming village situated 5 miles (8 km) south of Saint-Omer, at the D201 and D189 crossroads.

Population

Historical population of Ecques
Year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999
Population 1047 1108 1124 1295 1637 1781
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

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