Ferques Explained

Ferques
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason ville fr Heilly (80).svg
Arrondissement:	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton:	Desvres
Insee:	62329
Postal Code:	62250
Mayor:	Denis Joly^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	CC Terre des Deux Caps
Coordinates:	50.83°N 1.7608°W
Elevation M:	93
Elevation Min M:	39
Elevation Max M:	120
Area Km2:	8.97

Ferques (pronounced as /fr/) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[2]

Geography

A farming village, some 12miles northeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the D231 and the D243 roads. Le Haut-Banc station has rail connections to Calais and Boulogne-sur-Mer.

Places of interest

• The church of the Assumption, dating from the nineteenth century.
• Ruins of a monastery chapel.
• A Merovingian cemetery.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

• Official Web site
• The history of Ferques

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
2. https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/62329-ferques INSEE commune file