Écuires

Écuires
Coat of arms
Écuires
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Écuires
Coordinates: 50°26′50″N 1°45′43″E / 50.4472°N 1.7619°ECoordinates: 50°26′50″N 1°45′43″E / 50.4472°N 1.7619°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Montreuil
Canton	Montreuil
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Montreuillois
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Alain Noyelles
Area^1	9.15 km^2 (3.53 sq mi)
Population (1999)^2	830
• Density	91/km^2 (230/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62289 / 62170
Elevation	5–65 m (16–213 ft) (avg. 15 m or 49 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.

Écuires is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A village situated just outside Montreuil-sur-Mer on the N1 road.

Places of interest

• The fifteenth-century church of St. Vaast
• The sixteenth-century Château du Quiévremont

Population

Historical population of Écuires

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	579	586	670	795	878	830
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Écuires on the Quid website (French)