Chocques

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

(2020–2026) Yvon Massart^[1]Area7.95 km² (3.07 sq mi)Population2,824 • Density360/km² (920/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation18–70 m (59–230 ft)
(avg. 27 m or 89 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Chocques (French pronunciation: [ʃɔk]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3]

Geography

Chocques is a farming village by the banks of the river Clarence, some 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Béthune and 30 miles (48 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D70 and the N43 roads. The A26 autoroute passes by a half-mile away.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,736	—
1975	3,447	−1.14%
1982	3,221	−0.96%
1990	2,990	−0.93%
1999	2,918	−0.27%
2007	2,969	+0.22%
2012	2,976	+0.05%
2017	2,881	−0.65%
Source: INSEE[4]

Places of interest

• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the thirteenth century.
• The war memorial.
• The remains of an 11th-century castle.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References