- Zutkerque
French commune
name= Zudkerque
region=
departement=
arrondissement=
canton= Audruicq
insee=62906
cp=62370
maire=Amédée Ledoux
mandat=2001 -2008
intercomm=Communauté de communes de la Région d'Audruicq
longitude=2.06833333333
latitude=50.8544444444
alt moy=20 m
alt mini=3 m
alt maxi=55 m
hectares=1 641
km²=16,41
sans=1713
date-sans=1999
dens=104|Zudkerque is a commune in the
Pas-de-Calais "département" in theNord-Pas-de-Calais region ofFrance .Geography
A farming commune located 11 miles (17km) northwest of
Saint-Omer , at the D226 road junction with the D191.History
This village had a castle in Roman times, known as the Promontory. Mentioned for the first time in 1084, its name comes from
Flemish and means ‘South church’.
In1396 ,Philip the Bold ,Duke of Burgundy stayed at the castle. The English occupied it in the year1405 .Louis XI took it back in1477 and king Henry VII fought and won it again in1488 . Finally, in1542 the French, underAntoine de Bourbon , duke of Vendome, re-took it and completely destroyed the castle.
In May1595 , the village church was looted by the French. On 7 August1635 , a body of Spanish troops, from Saint-Omer, seized the town. In1638 , the French seized the village back again.Population
Places of interest
* The church of St.Martin, dating from the
16th century .
* The ruins of the château de La Montoire, dating from the14th century .See also
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department External links
* [http://zutkerque.free.fr Official website of the commune of Zutkerque] fr
* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=62906&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Zudkerque on the Insee website] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=27388&req=Zudkerque Zudkerque on the Quid website] frNotes
*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the
French Wikipedia , consulted on May 22nd 2008."
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