Beuvrequen

Beuvrequen
Coat of arms
Beuvrequen
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Beuvrequen
Coordinates: 50°48′11″N 1°40′00″E / 50.8031°N 1.6667°ECoordinates: 50°48′11″N 1°40′00″E / 50.8031°N 1.6667°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Marquise
Intercommunality	Terre des Deux Caps
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Alain Barré
Area^1	4.75 km^2 (1.83 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	405
• Density	85/km^2 (220/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62125 / 62250
Elevation	3–93 m (9.8–305.1 ft) (avg. 57 m or 187 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.

Beuvrequen is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region in northern France.

Geography

A farming commune, some 6 miles (9.7 km) northeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the D241 and the D241e roads, by the banks of the river Slack. The A26 autoroute passes through the commune, forming its southeastern border.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	234	—
1968	237	+1.3%
1975	313	+32.1%
1982	306	−2.2%
1990	322	+5.2%
1999	392	+21.7%
2009	405	+3.3%

Sights

• The windmill de René.
• The church of St. Maxime, dating from the sixteenth century.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department
• Slack River

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Beuvrequen on the Quid website (French)