Bléquin

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Bléquin
Belken
The church of Bléquin
The church of Bléquin
Coat of arms of Bléquin
Location of Bléquin
Bléquin is located in France
Bléquin
Bléquin
Coordinates: 50°39′51″N 1°59′24″E / 50.6642°N 1.99°E / 50.6642; 1.99Coordinates: 50°39′51″N 1°59′24″E / 50.6642°N 1.99°E / 50.6642; 1.99
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentPas-de-Calais
ArrondissementSaint-Omer
CantonLumbres
IntercommunalityPays de Lumbres
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Gérard Denquin
Area
1
8.69 km2 (3.36 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[1]
509
 • Density59/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
62140 /62380
Elevation98–208 m (322–682 ft)
(avg. 115 m or 377 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bléquin (West Flemish: Belken) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.

Geography[]

A village situated 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Saint-Omer, on theD202 road.

Population[]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962429—    
1968471+9.8%
1975395−16.1%
1982363−8.1%
1990368+1.4%
1999339−7.9%
2009404+19.2%

Sights[]

  • The nineteenth-century church of St. Omer.
  • The ruins of a 13th-century chateau.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.


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