Chocques

Chocques
Coat of arms
Chocques
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Chocques
Coordinates: 50°32′33″N 2°34′26″E / 50.5425°N 2.5739°ECoordinates: 50°32′33″N 2°34′26″E / 50.5425°N 2.5739°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Béthune-Nord
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Yvon Massart
Area^1	7.95 km^2 (3.07 sq mi)
Population (1999)^2	2,918
• Density	370/km^2 (950/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62224 / 62920
Elevation	18–70 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. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

Geography

A farming village by the banks of the Clarence River, 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

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	3507	3736	3447	3221	2990	2918
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

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Chocques on the Quid website (French)