Offekerque
Appearance
Offekerque
Offekerke | |
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The town hall of Offekerque | |
Coordinates: 50°56′31″N 2°01′10″E / 50.9419°N 2.0194°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Pas-de-Calais |
Arrondissement | Calais |
Canton | Marck |
Intercommunality | CC Région d'Audruicq |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Clotilde Beaufils[1] |
Area 1 | 13.37 km2 (5.16 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 1,251 |
• Density | 94/km2 (240/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 62634 /62370 |
Elevation | 1–5 m (3.3–16.4 ft) (avg. 2 m or 6.6 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Offekerque (West Flemish: Offekerke) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[3]
Geography
[edit]Offekerque is a farming village, originally of marshland, now drained by the river Oye and ditches around the commune, some 6 miles (10 km) east of Calais, on the D230, half a mile from the A16 autoroute.
Population
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 635 | — |
1975 | 628 | −0.16% |
1982 | 698 | +1.52% |
1990 | 759 | +1.05% |
1999 | 939 | +2.39% |
2007 | 1,043 | +1.32% |
2012 | 1,121 | +1.45% |
2017 | 1,167 | +0.81% |
Source: INSEE[4] |
Places of interest
[edit]- The church of St.Marie-Madeleine, dating from the twentieth century.
- A brick-built windmill.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
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- Statistical data, INSEE