Licques

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Coordinates: 50°47′09″N 1°56′15″E / 50.7858333333, 1.9375

Commune of Licques
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Calais
Canton	Guînes
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes des Trois Pays
Mayor	Aliette Polaert (2008-2014)
Statistics
Elevation	52 m–176 m (avg. 87 m)
Land area¹	18,36 km²
Population² (1999)	1440
- Density	78/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62506/ 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.

Licques is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

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

[edit] Geography

A farming village located 15 miles (24km) south of Calais in the valley of the Hem, at the junction of the D191 and D215 roads. It is a large producer of (turkeys and other fowl).

[edit] Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
1296	1307	1389	1387	1351	1440
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

• The 18th century chateau de Cahen.
• The ruinsof the chateau of Courtebourne.
• Vestiges of the 11th century Premonstrate abbey, nowadays the parish church.

[edit] See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

[edit] External links

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

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on May 29th 2008.