Alquines | |
Native Name: | Alken |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Alquines (Pas-de-Calais).svg |
Arrondissement: | Saint-Omer |
Canton: | Lumbres |
Insee: | 62024 |
Postal Code: | 62850 |
Mayor: | Jean-Marie Allouchery[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Pays de Lumbres |
Coordinates: | 50.7411°N 1.9931°W |
Elevation M: | 100 |
Elevation Min M: | 83 |
Elevation Max M: | 211 |
Area Km2: | 10.51 |
Alquines (in French pronounced as /alkin/;) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.[2]
A town located 18 miles (29 km) east of Boulogne-sur-Mer, at the junction of the D216 with the D191 road, by the banks of the river Hem.
The Chemin de fer d'Anvin à Calais opened a railway station serving Alquines and Boiusson in 1881. The railway was closed in 1955.