Isques

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

Isques
Commune
The church of Isques
Coat of arms
Location of Isques
Isques
Isques
Coordinates: 50°40′36″N 1°39′03″E
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentPas-de-Calais
ArrondissementBoulogne-sur-Mer
CantonOutreau
IntercommunalityCommunauté d'agglomération du Boulonnais
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jean-Pierre Gobert
Area
1
6.98 km2 (2.69 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
1,153
 • Density170/km2 (430/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
62474 /62360
Elevation4–154 m (13–505 ft)
(avg. 9 m or 30 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

A forestry, farming and dormitory village situated some 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Boulogne, at junction 28 of the A16 autoroute with the D901 (formerly the N1 Paris-Calais highway). The river Liane flows through the commune.

Population
Historical population of Isques
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population711745736960117111021159
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 St. Apolline, dating from the sixteenth century.
  • The eighteenth-century chateau d'Hermerangues.
  • A sixteenth-century castle on a motte.
  • The sixteenth-century chateau de Quehen.
  • The eighteenth-century chateau de Pont-de-Briques.
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See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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