Alquines

Alquines
Coat of arms
Alquines
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Alquines
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Lumbres
Intercommunality	Pays de Lumbres
Government
• Mayor	Joseph Cucheval
Area1	10.51 km2 (4.06 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	865
• Density	82/km2 (210/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62024 / 62850
Elevation	83–211 m (272–692 ft) (avg. 100 m or 330 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.

Alquines is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.

Geography

A town located 18 miles (29 km) east of Boulogne-sur-Mer, at the junction of the D216 with the D191 road, by the banks of the Hem river.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	552	—
1968	606	+9.8%
1975	613	+1.2%
1982	675	+10.1%
1990	745	+10.4%
1999	751	+0.8%
2009	865	+15.2%

Sights

• The sixteenth century church.
• Remains of a feudal motte.
• The Chapel de Fromentel.
• The war memorial.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Alquines on the Quid website (French)
• Alquines war memorial (French)