Nordausques

Nordausques
Nordausques
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Nordausques
Coordinates: 50°49′06″N 2°04′57″E / 50.8183°N 2.0825°ECoordinates: 50°49′06″N 2°04′57″E / 50.8183°N 2.0825°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Ardres
Intercommunality	Région d'Ardres et de la Vallée de la Hem
Government
• Mayor	Jean-Michel Marcotte
Area^1	5.94 km^2 (2.29 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	825
• Density	140/km^2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	62618 / 62890
Elevation	12–98 m (39–322 ft) (avg. 85 m or 279 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.

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

Geography

Nordqusques lies about 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Saint-Omer, at the junction of the N43, the D191 and the D218 roads, half a mile from junction 2 of the A26 autoroute, on the banks of the small river Hem.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
429	434	514	527	588	633	825
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St. Martin, dating from the nineteenth century.
• The manor house at Welle, dating from the sixteenth century.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Official Tourist office website (French)
• Nordausques on the Quid website (French)