Wisques Explained

Wisques
Native Name:	Wizeke
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason Wisques.svg
Arrondissement:	Saint-Omer
Canton:	Lumbres
Insee:	62898
Postal Code:	62219
Mayor:	Gérard Wyckaert^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	Pays de Lumbres
Coordinates:	50.7244°N 2.1933°W
Elevation M:	126
Elevation Min M:	59
Elevation Max M:	127
Area Km2:	3.74

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

Geography

Wisques is located 4 miles (6 km) southwest of Saint-Omer, at the D212 and D208E road junction.

Places of interest

• Two chapels, dating from the twentieth century.
• A small 18th-century château in Louis XV style.
• The Grand Château : dating from the fourteenth century.
• The Benedictine Abbey of St. Paul

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

• Abbey of St. Paul, Wisques

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/62898-wisques INSEE commune file