Setques

Setques
Commune
The town hall of Setques

Coat of arms
Setques
Location within Hauts-de-France region
Setques
Coordinates: 50°42′45″N 2°09′34″E / 50.7125°N 2.1594°E / 50.7125; 2.1594Coordinates: 50°42′45″N 2°09′34″E / 50.7125°N 2.1594°E / 50.7125; 2.1594
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Saint-Omer
Canton Lumbres
Intercommunality Pays de Lumbres
Government
  Mayor Sylvain Lefebvre
Area1 3.89 km2 (1.50 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 638
  Density 160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 62794 /62380
Elevation 32–115 m (105–377 ft)
(avg. 55 m or 180 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.

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

Geography

Setques is located some 8 miles (13 km) southwest of Saint-Omer, at the junction of the D211 and D342 roads, in the valley of the Aa river. Junction 3 of the A26 autoroute is only a mile away.

Population

Population history
1962196819751982199019992006
544547502538627627638
Census count starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

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

See also

References

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