Isques
Encyclopedia
Isques is a commune
in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
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with the D901 (formerly the N1
Paris-Calais highway). The river Liane flows through the commune.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Geography
A forestry, farming and dormitory village situated some 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Boulogne, at junction 28 of the A16 autorouteA16 autoroute
The A16 autoroute – also known as L'Européenne and forming between Abbeville and Dunkirk a part of the larger Autoroute des estuaires – is a motorway in northern France....
with the D901 (formerly the N1
Route nationale 1
The Route nationale 1 is a trunk road in France between Paris and Calais.-Reclassification:The majority of the original road has been superseded by the A16 autoroute...
Paris-Calais highway). The river Liane flows through the commune.
Population
Places of interest
- The church of St.Apolline, dating from the sixteenth century.
- The eighteenth century chateau d'Hermerangues.
- A sixteenth century castle on a motteMotte-and-baileyA motte-and-bailey is a form of castle, with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised earthwork called a motte, accompanied by an enclosed courtyard, or bailey, surrounded by a protective ditch and palisade...
. - The sixteenth century chateau de Quehen.
- The eighteenth century chateau de Pont-de-Briques.