Nortkerque

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Coordinates: 50°52′33″N 2°01′33″E / 50.8758333333, 2.02583333333

Commune of Nortkerque
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Audruicq
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de la Région d'Audruicq
Mayor	Pierre Marcant
Statistics
Elevation	3 m–25 m (avg. 13 m)
Land area¹	13,19 km²
Population² (1999)	1583
- Density	120/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62621/ 62370
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.

Nortkerque 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 large farming village some 15 miles (24km) northwest of Saint-Omer, at the junction of the D224 and the D226 roads, half a mile from the A26 autoroute.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
978	1010	1051	1355	1539	1583
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

• The church of St. Martin, dating from the 18th century.
• Two chateaux.
• A ‘Triumphal arch’, near the cemetery.

[edit] See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

[edit] External links

• Unofficial Nortkerque website
• Nortkerque on the Insee website (French)
• Nortkerque on the Quid website (French)

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on May 16th 2008.