Chocques

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

Chocques
Commune
The church of Chocques
Coat of arms
Location of Chocques
Chocques
Chocques
Coordinates: 50°32′33″N 2°34′26″E
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentPas-de-Calais
ArrondissementBéthune
CantonBéthune
IntercommunalityCA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Yvon Massart
Area
1
7.95 km2 (3.07 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
2,881
 • Density360/km2 (940/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
62224 /62920
Elevation18–70 m (59–230 ft)
(avg. 27 m or 89 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Chocques is a farming village by the banks of the river Clarence, some 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Béthune and 30 miles (48.3 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D70 and the N43 roads. The A26 autoroute passes by a half-mile away.

Population
Historical population of Chocques
Year196219681975198219901999
Population350737363447322129902918
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 thirteenth century.
  • The war memorial.
  • The remains of an 11th-century castle.

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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