| Tilques | |
| Native Name: | Tileke |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Arrondissement: | Saint-Omer |
| Canton: | Saint-Omer |
| Insee: | 62819 |
| Postal Code: | 62500 |
| Mayor: | Patrick Bedague[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | Pays de Saint-Omer |
| Coordinates: | 50.7781°N 2.205°W |
| Elevation M: | 27 |
| Elevation Min M: | 1 |
| Elevation Max M: | 72 |
| Area Km2: | 7.29 |
Tilques (pronounced as /fr/; vls|Tileke) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France region in northern France.[2] The placename derives from medieval Flemish: Tilleke.[3]
Tilques is located 4 miles (6 km) north of Saint-Omer, at the D214 and D943 road junction.
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%).[4] [5]
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.