Recques-sur-Course

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Coordinates: 50°31′18″N 1°47′05″E / 50.5216666667, 1.78472222222

Commune of Recques-sur-Course
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Montreuil
Canton	Étaples
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Montreuillois
Mayor	Claudine Pruvost (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	14 m–103 m (avg. 54 m)
Land area¹	4,83 km²
Population² (1 999)	292
- Density	60/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62698/ 62170
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.

Recques-sur-Course 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 located 4 miles (6km) north of Montreuil-sur-Mer on the D167 road and by the banks of the river Course,

[edit] Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
184	186	172	191	267	292
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

• The church of St.Leger, dating from the 13th century.
• A windmill
• The 18th century Louis XV style chateau de Recq.

[edit] See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

[edit] External links

• Recques-sur-Course on the Insee website (French)
• Recques-sur-Course on the Quid website (French)

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on April 28th 2008.