Surques

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Coordinates: 50°44′27″N 1°55′01″E / 50.7408333333, 1.91694444444

Commune of Surques
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	Lucien Bay
Statistics
Elevation	69 m–199 m (avg. 144 m)
Land area¹	6,85 km²
Population² (1999)	365
- Density	53/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62803/ 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.

Surques 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 some 15 miles (24km) west of Saint-Omer, on the D215 road, in the valley of the Hem river.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
306	327	357	345	364	365
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

• The church of Saints Crépin-et-Crépinien, dating from the 16th century.
• The remains of the medieval Manoir de Brugnobois.

[edit] See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

[edit] External links

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

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on May 19th 2008.