Wisques

Wisques Wizeke
Commune
The abbey of Wisques
Coat of arms
Location of Wisques
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Coordinates: 50°43′28″N2°11′36″E / 50.7244°N 2.1933°E / 50.7244; 2.1933
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Lumbres
Intercommunality	Pays de Lumbres
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gérard Wyckaert [1]
Area 1	3.74 km2 (1.44 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [2]	225
• Density	60/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62898 /62219
Elevation	59–127 m (194–417 ft) (avg. 126 m or 413 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Wisques (French pronunciation: [wisk] ; Dutch : Wizeke) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. ^[3]

Geography

Wisques is located 4 miles (6 km) southwest of Saint-Omer, at the D212 and D208E road junction.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	257	—
1975	228	−1.70%
1982	262	+2.01%
1990	268	+0.28%
1999	235	−1.45%
2007	248	+0.68%
2012	237	−0.90%
2017	226	−0.95%
Source: INSEE [4]

Places of interest

• Two chapels, dating from the twentieth century.
• A small 18th-century château in Louis XV style.
• The Grand Château : dating from the fourteenth century.
• The Benedictine Abbey of St. Paul

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

• Abbey of St. Paul, Wisques (in French)