Licques

Licques
Commune
The town hall of Licques
Coat of arms
Licques Location within Hauts-de-France region Licques
Coordinates: 50°47′09″N 1°56′15″E / 50.7858°N 1.9375°E / 50.7858; 1.9375Coordinates: 50°47′09″N 1°56′15″E / 50.7858°N 1.9375°E / 50.7858; 1.9375
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Calais
Canton	Calais-2
Intercommunality	CC Pays d'Opale
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Aliette Polaert
Area1	18.36 km2 (7.09 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	1,543
• Density	84/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62506 /62850
Elevation	52–176 m (171–577 ft) (avg. 87 m or 285 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Licques is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

A farming village located 24 km 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.

Population

Places of interest

• The eighteenth-century château de Cahen.
• The ruins of the château of Courtebourne.
• Vestiges of the 11th century Premonstrate abbey, nowadays the parish church.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Licques.

• Licques on the Quid website (in French)