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opened a station at Surques on 22 April 1900.{{sfn |Farebrother |Farebrother |2008 |p=139 }} Passenger services were withdrawn on 31 December 1935.{{sfn |Farebrother |Farebrother |2008 |p=239 }} They were reinstated in November 1942.{{sfn |Farebrother |Farebrother |2008 |p=248 }} The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

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=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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