Alquines

French commune
name= Alquines
region=
departement=
arrondissement= Saint-Omer
canton=Lumbres
insee=62024
cp=62850
maire=Joseph Cucheval
mandat=
intercomm=Pays de Lumbres
longitude=1.99305555556
latitude=50.7411111111
alt moy=100 m
alt mini=83
alt maxi=211 m
hectares=1051
km²=10.51
sans=751
date-sans=1999
dens=71|

Alquines is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.

Geography

A town located 18 miles (29km) east of Boulogne-sur-Mer, at the junction of the D216 with the D191 road, by the banks of the Hem river.

Population

Places of interest

* The 16th century church.
* Remains of a feudal motte.
* The Chapel de Fromentel.
* The war memorial.

See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=62024&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Alquines on the Insee website] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26523&req=Alquines Alquines on the Quid website] fr
* [http://pagesperso-orange.fr/memoiresdepierre/alphabetnew/a/alquines.html Alquines war memorial] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia."