Tortequesne

Tortequesne
Coat of arms
Tortequesne
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Tortequesne
Coordinates: 50°17′24″N 3°02′23″E / 50.29°N 3.0397°ECoordinates: 50°17′24″N 3°02′23″E / 50.29°N 3.0397°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Vitry-en-Artois
Intercommunality	Osartis
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	André Martin
Area^1	3.37 km^2 (1.30 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	723
• Density	210/km^2 (560/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62825 / 62490
Elevation	36–71 m (118–233 ft) (avg. 42 m or 138 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.

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

Geography

Tortequesne is surrounded by lakes and marshland, 13 miles (20.9 km) east of Arras, at the junction of the D43 and D956 roads and on the border with the department of Nord.

Population

Historical population of Tortequesne

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	415	489	504	578	719	686	723
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 St. Martin, dating from the nineteenth century.

‘Jeanne-Juliette’, the church bell, installed in 1923

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Tortequesne official website (French)
• Tortequesne on the Quid website (French)