Ferques (French pronunciation: ​[fɛʁk]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[3]

Ferques
Commune
A general view of Ferques
Coat of arms
Location of Ferques
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Coordinates: 50°49′48″N 1°45′39″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Desvres
Intercommunality	CC Terre des Deux Caps
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Denis Joly[1]
Area 1	8.97 km2 (3.46 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	1,768
• Density	200/km2 (510/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62329 /62250
Elevation	39–120 m (128–394 ft) (avg. 93 m or 305 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

A farming village, some 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the D231 and the D243 roads. Le Haut-Banc station has rail connections to Calais and Boulogne-sur-Mer.

Population

Places of interest

• The church of the Assumption, dating from the nineteenth century.
• Ruins of a monastery chapel.
• A Merovingian cemetery.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

External links

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• Official Web site (in French)
• The history of Ferques (in French)

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