Serques

Serques
Commune
The road into Serques
Coat of arms
Serques Location within Hauts-de-France region Serques
Coordinates: 50°47′39″N 2°12′06″E / 50.7942°N 2.2017°E / 50.7942; 2.2017Coordinates: 50°47′39″N 2°12′06″E / 50.7942°N 2.2017°E / 50.7942; 2.2017
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Saint-Omer
Intercommunality	Pays de Saint-Omer
Government
• Mayor	Marie Lefebvre
Area1	10.43 km2 (4.03 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	1,130
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62792 /62910
Elevation	0–72 m (0–236 ft) (avg. 7 m or 23 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.

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

Geography

Serques lies on reclaimed marshes 5 miles (8 km) north of Saint-Omer, on the D214 road.

Population

Places of interest

• The church of St.Omer, dating from the eighteenth century.
• The remains of a windmill.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Serques.

• Serques on the Quid website (in French)