Wisques

Wisques
Wisques
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Wisques
Coordinates: 50°43′28″N 2°11′36″E / 50.7244°N 2.1933°E / 50.7244; 2.1933Coordinates: 50°43′28″N 2°11′36″E / 50.7244°N 2.1933°E / 50.7244; 2.1933
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
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)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
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 Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

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

Population

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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wisques.

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