Escœuilles

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Coordinates: 50°43′35″N 1°55′38″E / 50.7263888889, 1.92722222222

Commune of Escoeuilles
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Lumbres
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Pays de Lumbres
Mayor	Léonce Leroy
Statistics
Elevation	93 m–211 m (avg. 107 m)
Land area¹	5,91 km²
Population² (1999)	398
- Density	67/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62308/ 62850
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Escœuilles (or Escoeuilles) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Etymology 3 Population 4 Places of interest 5 See also 6 External links 7 Notes

[edit] Geography

A farming village situated 15 miles (24km) west of Saint-Omer, at the junction of the N42 and D216 roads.

[edit] Etymology

The village name first appears in 1084 as Seules. In the year 1200, it had the name Esquelles, then Eskelle, Scules, Escueles, Esquieulles, Ecueil, Escoueuille and finally Escoeuilles.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
321	308	309	296	331	398
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

• The church of the Assumption, dating from the 13th century.
• The chapel, built in 1877.
• The war memorial.

[edit] See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

[edit] External links

• Escoeuilles on the Insee website (French)
• Escoeuilles on the Quid website (French)

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on May 12th 2008.