Isques

Isques
Isques
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Isques
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Samer
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération du Boulonnais
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Pierre Gobert
Area1	6.98 km2 (2.69 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	1,159
• Density	170/km2 (430/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62474 / 62360
Elevation	4–154 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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

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

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	711	745	736	960	1171	1102	1159
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.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Official website of the commune (French)
• Isques on the Quid website (French)