Éperlecques

Last updated • 1 min readFrom Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Éperlecques
Sperleke
Commune
Eglise Saint-Leger Eperlecques.JPG
St. Leodegar's Church
Blason ville fr Eperlecques.svg
Coat of arms
Location of Éperlecques
Eperlecques
France location map-Regions and departements-2016.svg
Red pog.svg
Éperlecques
Hauts-de-France region location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Éperlecques
Coordinates: 50°48′25″N2°09′09″E / 50.8069°N 2.152500°E / 50.8069; 2.152500
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Saint-Omer
Canton Saint-Omer
Intercommunality Pays de Saint-Omer
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Laurent Denis [1]
Area
1
25.56 km2 (9.87 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [2]
3,742
 • Density150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
62297 /62910
Elevation0–97 m (0–318 ft)
(avg. 15 m or 49 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Éperlecques (French pronunciation: [epɛʁlɛk] ; West Flemish : Sperleke; Picard : Éparlecques) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. [3]

Contents

Geography

It is a farming commune comprising eight hamlets, all found within the regional nature reserve of the Caps et Marais d'Opale, situated 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Saint-Omer, at the D222 and D219 road junction. The small river Liette runs through the village.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 2,168—    
1975 2,276+0.70%
1982 2,556+1.67%
1990 2,785+1.08%
1999 2,885+0.39%
2007 3,135+1.04%
2012 3,350+1.34%
2017 3,640+1.67%
Source: INSEE [4]

Places of interest

Twin towns

Éperlecques is twinned with Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Zonnebeke in Belgium.

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pas-de-Calais</span> Department of France

The Pas-de-Calais is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which it borders. It has the most communes of all the departments of France, with 890, and is the 8th most populous. It had a population of 1,465,278 in 2019. The Calais Passage connects to the Port of Calais on the English Channel. The Pas-de-Calais borders the departments of Nord and Somme and is connected to the English county of Kent via the Channel Tunnel.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Arques, Pas-de-Calais</span> Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Arques is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France, bordering Saint-Omer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Boursin</span> Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Boursin is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Watten, Nord</span> Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Watten is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Its inhabitants are called "Wattenais".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Arrondissement of Saint-Omer</span> Arrondissement in Hauts-de-France, France

The arrondissement of Saint-Omer is an arrondissement of France in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region. It has 89 communes. Its population is 129,608 (2016), and its area is 813.0 km2 (313.9 sq mi).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Les Attaques</span> Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Les Attaques is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bayenghem-lès-Éperlecques</span> Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Bayenghem-lès-Éperlecques is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Beaumetz-lès-Aire</span> Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Beaumetz-lès-Aire (Picard:Biaumis-lès-Aire) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bonningues-lès-Calais</span> Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Bonningues-lès-Calais is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brévillers, Pas-de-Calais</span> Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Brévillers is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Contes, Pas-de-Calais</span> Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Contes is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Grincourt-lès-Pas</span> Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Grincourt-lès-Pas is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Grigny, Pas-de-Calais</span> Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Grigny is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maizières, Pas-de-Calais</span> Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Maizières is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nielles-lès-Calais</span> Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Nielles-lès-Calais is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Senlis, Pas-de-Calais</span> Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Senlis is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wambercourt</span> Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

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

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Beauvois, Pas-de-Calais</span> Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Beauvois is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.

The canton of Ardres is a former canton situated in the department of the Pas-de-Calais and in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of northern France. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It had a total of 21,370 inhabitants.

The Forest of Éperlecques is a large forest covering some 850 hectares in the commune of Éperlecques in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France. Trails through the forest provide leisure opportunities for walkers. At its south-eastern edge is the Blockhaus d'Éperlecques, a museum preserving the Second World War Kraftwerk Nord West bunker built by the Germans as a launch site for V-2 rockets.

References

  1. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  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
  5. ↑ "Le Blockhaus d'Éperlecques" . Retrieved 25 May 2007.
View towards Hellebrouck VueEperlecques1.jpg
View towards Hellebrouck


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.