Tilques
Encyclopedia
Tilques is a commune
in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
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, at the D214 and D943 road junction.
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
Tilques is located 4 miles (6 km) north of Saint-OmerSaint-Omer
Saint-Omer , a commune and sub-prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department west-northwest of Lille on the railway to Calais. The town is named after Saint Audomar, who brought Christianity to the area....
, at the D214 and D943 road junction.
Population
Places of interest
- The church of Saint Martin, dating from the nineteenth century.
- The thirteenth century château d’Ecou at Tilques, which was rebuilt in the 15th century