Éperlecques

Éperlecques

Éperlecques
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 0–97 m (0–318 ft)
(avg. 15 m/49 ft)
Land area1 25.56 km2 (9.87 sq mi)
Population2 2,885  (1999)
 - Density 113 /km2 (290 /sq mi)
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 without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

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Geography

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

Population

Historical population of Éperlecques
Year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999
Population 2061 2168 2276 2556 2785 2885
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

Twin towns

Éperlecques is twinned with Zonnebeke in Belgium.

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