Tilques
Tileke
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The town hall of Tilques
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Location of Tilques  | |
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| Coordinates: 50°46′41″N 2°12′18″E / 50.7781°N 2.205°E / 50.7781; 2.205 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Omer |
| Canton | Saint-Omer |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Saint-Omer |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Patrick Bedague[1] |
| Area
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| 7.29 km2 (2.81 sq mi) |
| Population
(2021)[2]
| 1,070 |
| • Density | 150/km2 (380/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code |
62819 /62500
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| Elevation | 1–72 m (3.3–236.2 ft) (avg. 27 m or 89 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Tilques (French pronunciation: [tilk]; West Flemish: Tileke) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France region in northern France.[3] The placename derives from medieval Flemish: Tilleke.[4]
Tilques is located 4 miles (6 km) north of Saint-Omer, at the D214 and D943 road junction.
The population of the commune is older than the departmental average: as of 2019, the rate of people aged over 60 years (26.5%) is higher than the departmental rate (25.0%), and the rate of people aged under 30 years (32.7%) is lower than the departmental rate (36.6%).[5][6]
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 751 | — |
| 1975 | 696 | −1.08% |
| 1982 | 776 | +1.57% |
| 1990 | 900 | +1.87% |
| 1999 | 947 | +0.57% |
| 2007 | 1,052 | +1.32% |
| 2012 | 1,109 | +1.06% |
| 2017 | 1,099 | −0.18% |
| Source: INSEE[7] | ||
The castle dates from the thirteenth century, it was remodeled in the fifteenth century. In 1595 it belonged to Adrian Cross Lord of Wasquehal. The mid-eighteenth century, it belonged to Andre de Martigny, then Guislain of Herbais and Family Taffin Tilques who kept two centuries.
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