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Chocques
Administration Country France Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais Department Pas-de-Calais Arrondissement Béthune Canton Béthune-Nord Intercommunality Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois Mayor Yvon Massart
(2008–2014)Statistics Elevation 18–70 m (59–230 ft)
(avg. 27 m/89 ft)Land area1 7.95 km2 (3.07 sq mi) Population2 2,918 (1999) - Density 367 /km2 (950 /sq mi) INSEE/Postal code 62224/ 62920 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. Coordinates: 50°32′33″N 2°34′26″E / 50.5425°N 2.57388888889°E
Chocques is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.
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Geography
A farming village by the banks of the Clarence River, some 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Béthune and 30 miles (48.3 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D70 and the N43 roads. The A26 autoroute passes by a half-mile away.
Population
Historical population of Chocques 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 3507 3736 3447 3221 2990 2918 From the year 1962 on: population without double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. Places of interest
- The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the thirteenth century.
- The war memorial.
- The remains of an 11th century castle.
See also
References
External links
- Chocques on the Quid website (French)
Categories:- Communes of Pas-de-Calais
- Pas-de-Calais geography stubs
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