Ferques

Ferques
Ferques
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Ferques
Coordinates: 50°49′48″N 1°45′39″E / 50.83°N 1.7608°ECoordinates: 50°49′48″N 1°45′39″E / 50.83°N 1.7608°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Marquise
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de la Terre des Deux Caps
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Denis Joly
Area^1	8.97 km^2 (3.46 sq mi)
Population (1999)^2	1,811
• Density	200/km^2 (520/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	62329 / 62250
Elevation	39–120 m (128–394 ft) (avg. 93 m or 305 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

Geography

A farming village, some 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the D231 and the D243 roads.

Population

Historical population of Ferques

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	1658	1689	1551	1557	1690	1811
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• The church of the Assumption, dating from the nineteenth century.
• Ruins of a monastery chapel.
• A Merovingian cemetery.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Official Web site (French)
• The history of Ferques (French)
• Ferques on the Quid website (French)