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Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region
Wardrecques
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| Coordinates: 50°42′40″N 2°20′41″E / 50.7111°N 2.3447°ECoordinates: 50°42′40″N 2°20′41″E / 50.7111°N 2.3447°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Omer |
| Canton | Aire-sur-la-Lys |
| Intercommunality | Saint-Omer |
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| • Mayor | Louis-Cainne |
| Area1 | 3.72 km2 (1.44 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)2 | 1,183 |
| • Density | 320/km2 (820/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62875 / 62120 |
| Elevation | 21–69 m (69–226 ft) (avg. 24 m or 79 ft) |
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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. |
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Wardrecques is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.
Geography[edit]
Wardrecques is located 6 miles (9 km) southeast of Saint-Omer, on the D199 road, just a hundred yards from the Neufossé Canal.
Population[edit]
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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| Population | 518 | 530 | 541 | 946 | 1034 | 1068 | 1183 |
| 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[edit]
- The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the sixteenth century.
- The eighteenth century Quenivet chapel.
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References[edit]
External links[edit]
- Wardrecques on the Quid website (French)