Chocques | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason Chocques.svg |
Arrondissement: | Béthune |
Canton: | Béthune |
Insee: | 62224 |
Postal Code: | 62920 |
Mayor: | Yvon Massart[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane |
Coordinates: | 50.5425°N 2.5739°W |
Elevation M: | 27 |
Elevation Min M: | 18 |
Elevation Max M: | 70 |
Area Km2: | 7.95 |
Chocques (in French pronounced as /ʃɔk/) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[2]
Chocques is a farming village by the banks of the river Clarence, some 3miles west of Béthune and 30miles southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D70 and the N43 roads. The A26 autoroute passes by a half-mile away.