Wardrecques

Wardrecques
Commune
The church of Wardrecques
Wardrecques
Location within Hauts-de-France region
Wardrecques
Coordinates: 50°42′40″N 2°20′41″E / 50.7111°N 2.3447°E / 50.7111; 2.3447Coordinates: 50°42′40″N 2°20′41″E / 50.7111°N 2.3447°E / 50.7111; 2.3447
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Saint-Omer
Canton Fruges
Intercommunality Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Saint-Omer
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Louis Cainne
Area1 3.72 km2 (1.44 sq mi)
Population (2014)2 1,315
 • Density 350/km2 (920/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 62875 /62120
Elevation 21–69 m (69–226 ft)
(avg. 24 m or 79 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.

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

Geography

Wardrecques is located 6 miles (9 km) southeast of Saint-Omer, on the D199 road, just a hundred yards from the Neufossé Canal.

Population

Historical population of Wardrecques
Year19621968197519821990199920062014
Population5185305419461034106811831315
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

  • The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the sixteenth century.
  • The eighteenth century Quenivet chapel.

See also

References

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