Offekerque

Offekerque
Offekerque
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Offekerque
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Audruicq
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de la Région d'Audruicq
Government
• Mayor	Georges Paris
Area1	13.37 km2 (5.16 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	1,026
• Density	77/km2 (200/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62634 / 62370
Elevation	1–5 m (3.3–16.4 ft) (avg. 2 m or 6.6 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.

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

Geography

Offekerque is a farming village, originally of marshland, now drained by the river Oye and ditches around the commune, some 6 miles (10 km) east of Calais, on the D230, half a mile from the A16 autoroute.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
634	635	628	698	759	939	1026
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St.Marie-Madeleine, dating from the twentieth century.
• A brick-built windmill.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Offekerque on the Insee website (French)
• Offekerque on the Quid website (French)