Clerques Klarke | |
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 The Sower and Saint-Barthélémy's church | |
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 Location of Clerques | |
  Clerques  Clerques | |
| Coordinates:50°47′37″N1°59′43″E / 50.7936°N 1.9953°E /50.7936; 1.9953 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Omer |
| Canton | Lumbres |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Lumbres |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Aurélien Dommanget[1] |
Area 1 | 6.39 km2 (2.47 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 314 |
| • Density | 49.1/km2 (127/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62228 /62890 |
| Elevation | 37–173 m (121–568 ft) (avg. 47 m or 154 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Clerques (French pronunciation:[klɛʁk];West Flemish:Klarke) is acommune in thePas-de-Calaisdepartment in the Hauts-de-Franceregion of France[3] 10 miles (16 km) northwest ofSaint-Omer, in the valley of the river Hem at the foot of theBoulonnais, which is a wooded ridge there. Two hamlets, Audenfort to the west and Le Hamel to the east, make up the remainder of the commune.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 186 | — |
| 1975 | 180 | −0.47% |
| 1982 | 209 | +2.16% |
| 1990 | 215 | +0.35% |
| 1999 | 213 | −0.10% |
| 2007 | 249 | +1.97% |
| 2012 | 285 | +2.74% |
| 2017 | 327 | +2.79% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
On 13 August 2006 the stone bridge in the village centre, built in 1862, was destroyed after exceptional rainfall upstream atLicques.[5]
TheChemin de fer de Boulogne à Bonningues (CF de BB) opened a station at Audenfort, near Clerques, on 22 April 1900.[6] Passenger services were withdrawn on 31 December 1935.[7] They were reinstated in November 1942.[8] The CF de BB closed in 1948.[9]
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