Quesques

Quesques
Quesques
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Quesques
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Desvres
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Pays de la Faïence de Desvres
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Paul Saint Maxent
Area1	13.73 km2 (5.30 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	581
• Density	42/km2 (110/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62678 / 62240
Elevation	67–211 m (220–692 ft) (avg. 101 m or 331 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.

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

Geography

Quesques is situated 12 miles (19 km) east of Boulogne, at the junction of the D254 and D204 roads.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
553	569	542	481	542	559	581
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St. Ursmer, dating from the nineteenth century.
• Ruins of an old chateau.
• A watermill and presbytery from the eighteenth century.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Quesques on the Quid website (French)