- Licques
French commune
name= Licques
region=
departement=
arrondissement=
canton= Guînes
insee=62506
cp=62850
maire=Aliette Polaert
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Communauté de communes des Trois Pays
longitude=1.9375
latitude=50.7858333333
alt moy=87 m
alt mini=52 m
alt maxi=176 m
hectares=1836
km²=18,36
sans=1440
date-sans=1999
dens=78|Licques is a commune in the
Pas-de-Calais "département" in theNord-Pas-de-Calais region ofFrance .Geography
A farming village located 24km south of
Calais in the valley of the Hem, at the junction of the D191 and D215 roads. It is a large producer of (turkey s and otherfowl ).Population
Places of interest
* The 18th century chateau de Cahen.
* The ruinsof the chateau of Courtebourne.
* Vestiges of the 11th century Premonstrate abbey, nowadays the parish church.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=62506&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Licques on the Insee website] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26996&req=Licques Licques on the Quid website] frNotes
*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the
French Wikipedia , consulted on May 29th 2008."
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