Surques
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Surques
|native name = Zurke
|commune status = Commune
|image = Surques église3.jpg
|caption = The church of Surques
|image coat of arms = Blason Surques.svg
|arrondissement = Saint-Omer
|canton = Lumbres
|INSEE = 62803
|postal code = 62850
|mayor = Marie-Hélène Taverne{{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|50.7408|1.9169|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 144
|elevation min m = 69
|elevation max m = 199
|area km2 = 6.85
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Surques ({{IPA|fr|syʁk}}; {{Langx|vls|Zurke}}) 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/62803-surques INSEE commune file] about 15 miles (24 km) west of Saint-Omer, in the valley of the Hem river.
Population
{{Historical populations
| 1968|327
| 1975|357
| 1982|345
| 1990|364
| 1999|365
| 2007|463
| 2012|577
| 2017|640
| source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-62803#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
| percentages = pagr
| align = none
}}
Transport
The Chemin de fer de Boulogne à Bonningues (CF de BB) opened a station at Surques on 22 April 1900.{{sfn |Farebrother |Farebrother |2008 |p=139 }} Passenger services were withdrawn on 31 December 1935.{{sfn |Farebrother |Farebrother |2008 |p=239 }} They were reinstated in November 1942.{{sfn |Farebrother |Farebrother |2008 |p=248 }} The CF de BB closed in 1948.{{sfn |Farebrother |Farebrother |2008 |p=276 }}
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
=Sources=
- {{cite book | first1 =Martin J B | last1 =Farebrother |last2=Farebrother | first2 =Joan S | year =2008 | title =Tortillards of Artois | publisher =The Oakwood Press | location =Usk | isbn =978-0-85361-554-5 }}
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{{Pas-de-Calais communes}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Communes of Pas-de-Calais
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