Saint-Folquin

Saint-Folquin
Saint-Folquin
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Saint-Folquin
Coordinates: 50°56′49″N 2°07′24″E / 50.9469°N 2.1233°ECoordinates: 50°56′49″N 2°07′24″E / 50.9469°N 2.1233°E
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
Area^1	17.95 km^2 (6.93 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	2,302
• Density	130/km^2 (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 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

• The church of St. Folquin, dating from the sixteenth century
• The motte of a 14th-century castle

See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Saint-Folquin on the Quid website (French)