Quiestède

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Quiestède
Quiestède
Coordinates: 50°40′48″N 2°19′07″E / 50.68°N 2.3186°E / 50.68; 2.3186Coordinates: 50°40′48″N 2°19′07″E / 50.68°N 2.3186°E / 50.68; 2.3186
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Saint-Omer
Canton Aire-sur-la-Lys
Intercommunality Pays d'Aire
Government
  Mayor (20012008) Hervé Floret
Area
  Land1 2.83 km2 (1.09 sq mi)
Population (2006)
  Population2 681
  Population2 Density 240/km2 (620/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 62681 / 62120
Elevation 23–60 m (75–197 ft)
(avg. 37 m or 121 ft)

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.

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

Geography

Quiestède lies about 6 miles (9 km) south of Saint-Omer, at the junction of the D201 and D195 roads.

Population

Population history
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
271 303 291 402 537 665 681
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

  • The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the sixteenth century.
  • The Château de Laprée, built in 1760.

See also

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