Tincques

Tincques
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Coat of arms of Tincques Coat of arms
Tincques
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Tincques
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Aubigny-en-Artois
Intercommunality	Atrébatie
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Gilbert Dartois
Area1	10.68 km2 (4.12 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	1,061
• Density	99/km2 (260/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62820 / 62127
Elevation	107–148 m (351–486 ft) (avg. 117 m or 384 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.

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

Geography

Tincques lies 15 miles (24.1 km) west of Arras, at the junction of the N39 and D77 roads.

Population

Historical population of Tincques

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	711	734	736	703	738	811	1061
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.Hilaire, dating from the seventeenth century.
• A chateau and a farmhouse, both dating from the seventeenth century.

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The chateau gatehouse

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Official Tincques website
• Tincques on the Quid website (French)