Saint-Folquin

Saint-Folquin
Saint-Folquin

Coordinates: 50°56′49″N 2°07′24″E / 50.9469°N 2.1233°E / 50.9469; 2.1233Coordinates: 50°56′49″N 2°07′24″E / 50.9469°N 2.1233°E / 50.9469; 2.1233
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Saint-Omer
Canton Audruicq
Intercommunality Communauté de communes de la Région d'Audruicq
Government
  Mayor Yves Engrand
Area1 17.95 km2 (6.93 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 2,302
  Density 130/km2 (330/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 62748 / 62370
Elevation 0–10 m (0–33 ft)
(avg. 3 m or 9.8 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.
"Saint Folquin" redirects here. For other uses, see Saint Folquin (disambiguation).

Saint-Folquin is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France named for a 9th-century Christian saint named Folquin.

Geography

Saint-Folquin is located some 8 miles (13 km) east of Calais on the D229 road, just yards from junction 51 of the A16 autoroute.

Population

Population history
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
1255 1335 1383 1754 1973 2062 2302
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

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