Nortkerque

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Nortkerque Noordkerke
Commune
The town hall of Nortkerque
Location of Nortkerque
(2020–2026)		Frédéric Melchior^[1]
Area ¹	13.19 km² (5.09 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	1,751
• Density	130/km² (340/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62621 /62370
Elevation	3–25 m (9.8–82.0 ft) (avg. 13 m or 43 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Nortkerque (French pronunciation: [nɔʁ(t)kɛʁk]; West Flemish: Noordkerke) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3]

Its name comes from Dutch and means "North church" (compare nearby Zutkerque).

Geography

Nortkerque 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Saint-Omer, at the junction of the D224 and the D226 roads, half a mile from the A26 autoroute.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,010	—
1975	1,051	+0.57%
1982	1,355	+3.70%
1990	1,539	+1.60%
1999	1,583	+0.31%
2007	1,619	+0.28%
2012	1,627	+0.10%
2017	1,613	−0.17%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Places of interest

The church of St. Martin, dating from the eighteenth century.
Two chateaux.
A ‘Triumphal arch’, near the cemetery.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE