Quiestède

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Coordinates: 50°40′48″N 2°19′07″E / 50.68, 2.31861111111

Commune of Quiestède
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Aire-sur-la-Lys
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Pays d'Aire
Mayor	Hervé Floret (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	23 m–60 m (avg. 37 m)
Land area¹	2,83 km²
Population² (1 999)	665
- Density	234/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62681/ 62120
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.

Quiestède 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 village some 6 miles (9km) south of Saint-Omer, at the junction of the D201 and D195 roads.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
271	303	291	402	537	665
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the 16th century.
• The Château de Laprée, built in 1760.

[edit] See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

[edit] External links

• Quiestède Table Tennis club website (French)
• Quiestède on the Insee website (French)
• Quiestède on the Quid website (French)

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on May 17th 2008.