Tilques
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Tilques
|native name = Tileke
|commune status = Commune
|image = 014 Tilques.JPG
|caption = The town hall of Tilques
|image coat of arms =
|arrondissement = Saint-Omer
|canton = Saint-Omer
|INSEE = 62819
|postal code = 62500
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = Pays de Saint-Omer
|coordinates = {{coord|50.7781|2.205|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 27
|elevation min m = 1
|elevation max m = 72
|area km2 = 7.29
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Tilques ({{IPA|fr|tilk}}; {{langx|vls|Tileke}}) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France region in northern France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/62819-tilques INSEE commune file] The placename derives from medieval Flemish: Tilleke.Placename Tilleke: [http://proussel.voila.net/pages/noms_flamands.htm proussel.voila.net]. The village is attested in 1139 as the Tilleke, from Gallo-Roman Tilliacum (property of Tillius)
Geography
Tilques is located 4 miles (6 km) north of Saint-Omer, at the D214 and D943 road junction.
Population
The population of the commune is older than the departmental average: as of 2019, the rate of people aged over 60 years (26.5%) is higher than the departmental rate (25.0%), and the rate of people aged under 30 years (32.7%) is lower than the departmental rate (36.6%).[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/6455183?sommaire=6455209&geo=COM-62819 Évolution et structure de la population en 2019: Tilques], INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/6455183?sommaire=6455209&geo=DEP-62 Évolution et structure de la population en 2019: Pas-de-Calais], INSEE
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-62819#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |751
|1975 |696
|1982 |776
|1990 |900
|1999 |947
|2007 |1052
|2012 |1109
|2017 |1099
}}
Places of interest
- The thirteenth-century château d'Ecou at Tilques, which was rebuilt in the 15th century
- The church of the Sacred Heart. Its nave was rebuilt in the nineteenth century by Charles Leroy, the architect of the Basilica of Notre Dame de la Treille in Lille.
The castle dates from the thirteenth century, it was remodeled in the fifteenth century. In 1595 it belonged to Adrian Cross Lord of Wasquehal. The mid-eighteenth century, it belonged to Andre de Martigny, then Guislain of Herbais and Family Taffin Tilques who kept two centuries.
See also
References
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Category:Communes of Pas-de-Calais
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