Tilques (French pronunciation: [tilk]; West Flemish: Tileke) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France region in northern France.[3] The placename derives from medieval Flemish: Tilleke.[4]

Tilques
Tileke
The town hall of Tilques
The town hall of Tilques
Location of Tilques
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Tilques is located in France
Tilques
Tilques
Tilques is located in Hauts-de-France
Tilques
Tilques
Coordinates: 50°46′41″N 2°12′18″E / 50.7781°N 2.205°E / 50.7781; 2.205
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentPas-de-Calais
ArrondissementSaint-Omer
CantonSaint-Omer
IntercommunalityPays de Saint-Omer
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Patrick Bedague[1]
Area
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7.29 km2 (2.81 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
1,070
 • Density150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
62819 /62500
Elevation1–72 m (3.3–236.2 ft)
(avg. 27 m or 89 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

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Tilques is located 4 miles (6 km) north of Saint-Omer, at the D214 and D943 road junction.

 
Map of the commune and adjacent places

Population

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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%).[5][6]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 751—    
1975 696−1.08%
1982 776+1.57%
1990 900+1.87%
1999 947+0.57%
2007 1,052+1.32%
2012 1,109+1.06%
2017 1,099−0.18%
Source: INSEE[7]

Places of interest

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  • 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

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ Placename Tilleke: proussel.voila.net. The village is attested in 1139 as the Tilleke, from Gallo-Roman Tilliacum (property of Tillius)
  5. ^ Évolution et structure de la population en 2019: Tilques, INSEE
  6. ^ Évolution et structure de la population en 2019: Pas-de-Calais, INSEE
  7. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE