Wisques

Wisques
Wisques
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Wisques
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Lumbres
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Pays de Lumbres
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Gérard Wyckaert
Area1	3.74 km2 (1.44 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	248
• Density	66/km2 (170/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62898 / 62219
Elevation	59–127 m (194–417 ft) (avg. 126 m or 413 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.

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

Geography

Wisques is located 4 miles (6 km) southwest of Saint-Omer, at the D212 and D208E road junction.

Population

Historical population of Wisques

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	244	257	228	262	268	235	257
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

• Two chapels, dating from the twentieth century.
• A small 18th-century château in Louis XV style.
• The Grand Château : dating from the fourteenth century.
• The Benedictine Abbey of St. Paul

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Wisques on the Quid website (French)
• Abbey of St. Paul, Wisques (French)