Clerques

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Clerques

|native name = Klarke

|commune status = Commune

|image coat of arms = Blason Clerques.svg

|image = clerques01.jpg

|caption = The Sower and Saint-Barthélémy's church

|arrondissement = Saint-Omer

|canton = Lumbres

|INSEE = 62228

|postal code = 62890

|mayor = Aurélien Dommanget{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = Pays de Lumbres

|coordinates = {{coord|50.7936|1.9953|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 47

|elevation min m = 37

|elevation max m = 173

|area km2 = 6.39

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Clerques ({{IPA|fr|klɛʁk}}; {{Langx|vls|Klarke}}) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/62228-clerques INSEE commune file] 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Saint-Omer, in the valley of the river Hem at the foot of the Boulonnais, 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.