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Quesques

Quesques
Kesseke
The main road of Quesques
The main road of Quesques
Coat of arms of Quesques
Location of Quesques
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Quesques is located in France
Quesques
Quesques
Quesques is located in Hauts-de-France
Quesques
Quesques
Coordinates: 50°42′15″N 1°56′01″E / 50.7042°N 1.9336°E / 50.7042; 1.9336
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentPas-de-Calais
ArrondissementBoulogne-sur-Mer
CantonDesvres
IntercommunalityCC Desvres-Samer
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Paul Saint Maxent[1]
Area
1
13.73 km2 (5.30 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
722
 • Density53/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
62678 /62240
Elevation67–211 m (220–692 ft)
(avg. 101 m or 331 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Quesques (French pronunciation: [kɛk]; West Flemish: Kesseke) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France[3] 12 miles (19 km) east of Boulogne.

Geography

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Located in the north of the Pas-de-Calais department, Quesques is a rural commune where the coastal river Liane has its source and is located, as the crow flies, 8  km northeast of the commune of Desvres and 23  km east of the commune of Boulogne-sur-Mer ( attraction area and district capital ).

The territory of the commune borders those of seven communes. The bordering communes are Escœuilles, Alquines, Brunembert, Coulomby, Lottinghen, Selles and Seninghem.

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968569—    
1975542−0.69%
1982481−1.69%
1990542+1.50%
1999559+0.34%
2007570+0.24%
2012618+1.63%
2017676+1.81%
Source: INSEE[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE