Offekerque
Encyclopedia
Offekerque is a commune
in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
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, on the D230, half a mile from the A16 autoroute.
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
Offekerque is a farming village, originally of marshland, now drained by the river Oye and ditches around the commune, some 6 miles (9 km) east of CalaisCalais
Calais is a town in Northern France in the department of Pas-de-Calais, of which it is a sub-prefecture. Although Calais is by far the largest city in Pas-de-Calais, the department's capital is its third-largest city of Arras....
, on the D230, half a mile from the A16 autoroute.
Population
| 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 windmillWindmillA windmill is a machine which converts the energy of wind into rotational energy by means of vanes called sails or blades. Originally windmills were developed for milling grain for food production. In the course of history the windmill was adapted to many other industrial uses. An important...
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