Surques | |
Native Name: | Zurke |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason Surques.svg |
Arrondissement: | Saint-Omer |
Canton: | Lumbres |
Insee: | 62803 |
Postal Code: | 62850 |
Mayor: | Marie-Hélène Taverne[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Pays de Lumbres |
Coordinates: | 50.7408°N 1.9169°W |
Elevation M: | 144 |
Elevation Min M: | 69 |
Elevation Max M: | 199 |
Area Km2: | 6.85 |
Surques (in French pronounced as /syʁk/;) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[2]
Surques is located some 15 miles (24 km) west of Saint-Omer, on the D215 road, in the valley of the Hem river.
The Chemin de fer de Boulogne à Bonningues (CF de BB) opened a station at Surques on 22 April 1900. Passenger services were withdrawn on 31 December 1935. They were reinstated in November 1942. The CF de BB closed in 1948.