Nortkerque
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Nortkerque
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| The town hall of Nortkerque The town hall of Nortkerque | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Calais |
| Canton | Marck |
| Intercommunality | CC Région d'Audruicq |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Frédéric Melchior[1] |
Area 1 | 13.19 km2 (5.09 sq mi) |
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| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62621 /62370 |
| Elevation | 3–25 m (9.8–82.0 ft) (avg. 13 m or 43 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
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Nortkerque (French pronunciation: [nɔʁ(t)kɛʁk] Audio file "LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-Nortkerque.wav" not found; West Flemish: Noordkerke) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[2]
Its name comes from Dutch and means "North church" (compare nearby Zutkerque).
Geography
[edit | edit source]Nortkerque 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Saint-Omer, at the junction of the D224 and the D226 roads, half a mile from the A26 autoroute.
Population
[edit | edit source]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 1,010 | — |
| 1975 | 1,051 | +0.57% |
| 1982 | 1,355 | +3.70% |
| 1990 | 1,539 | +1.60% |
| 1999 | 1,583 | +0.31% |
| 2007 | 1,619 | +0.28% |
| 2012 | 1,627 | +0.10% |
| 2017 | 1,613 | −0.17% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
Places of interest
[edit | edit source]- The church of St. Martin, dating from the eighteenth century.
- Two chateaux.
- A ‘Triumphal arch’, near the cemetery.
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
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