- Escœuilles
French commune
name= Escoeuilles
region=
departement=
arrondissement=
canton= Lumbres
insee=62308
cp=62850
maire=Léonce Leroy
mandat=
intercomm=Communauté de communes du Pays de Lumbres
longitude=1.92722222222
latitude=50.7263888889
alt moy=107 m
alt mini=93 m
alt maxi=211 m
hectares=591
km²=5,91
sans=398
date-sans=1999
dens=67|Escœuilles (or Escoeuilles) is a commune in the
Pas-de-Calais "département" in theNord-Pas-de-Calais region ofFrance .Geography
A farming village situated 15 miles (24km) west of
Saint-Omer , at the junction of the N42 and D216 roads.Etymology
The village name first appears in
1084 as Seules. In the year1200 , it had the name Esquelles, then Eskelle, Scules, Escueles, Esquieulles, Ecueil, Escoueuille and finally Escoeuilles.Population
Places of interest
* The church of the Assumption, dating from the
13th century .
* The chapel, built in1877 .
* 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=62308&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Escoeuilles on the Insee website] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26804&req=Escoeuilles Escoeuilles on the Quid website] frNotes
*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the
French Wikipedia , consulted on May 12th 2008."
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