Surques

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Surques
Surques
Coordinates: 50°44′27″N 1°55′01″E / 50.7408°N 1.9169°E / 50.7408; 1.9169Coordinates: 50°44′27″N 1°55′01″E / 50.7408°N 1.9169°E / 50.7408; 1.9169
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Saint-Omer
Canton Lumbres
Intercommunality Pays de Lumbres
Government
  Mayor Lucien Bay
Area
  Land1 6.85 km2 (2.64 sq mi)
Population (2006)
  Population2 454
  Population2 Density 66/km2 (170/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 62803 / 62850
Elevation 69–199 m (226–653 ft)
(avg. 144 m or 472 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.

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

Geography

Surques is located some 15 miles (24 km) west of Saint-Omer, on the D215 road, in the valley of the Hem river.

Population

Population history
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
306 327 357 345 364 365 454
Census count starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

  • The church of Saints Crépin-et-Crépinien, dating from the sixteenth century.
  • The remains of the medieval Manoir de Brugnobois.

See also

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