- Wisques
French commune
name= Wisques
region=
departement=
arrondissement=
canton= Lumbres
insee=62898
cp=62219
maire=Gérard Wyckaert
mandat=
intercomm=Communauté de communes du Pays de Lumbres
longitude=2.19333333333
latitude=50.7244444444
alt moy=126 m
alt mini=59 m
alt maxi=127 m
hectares=374
km²=3,74
sans=235
date-sans=1999
dens=62|Wisques is a commune in the
Pas-de-Calais "département" in theNord-Pas-de-Calais region ofFrance .Geography
A farming village located 4 miles (6km) southwest of
Saint-Omer , at the D212 and D208E road junction.Population
Places of interest
* Two chapels, dating from the 20th century.
* A small 18th century château in Louis XV style.
* The Grand Château : dating from the 14th century.
* TheBenedictine abbey of St.PaulSee also
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department External links
* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=62898&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Wisques on the Insee website] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=27379&req=Wisques Wisques on the Quid website] fr
* [http://www.abbaye-stpaul-wisques.com Saint-Paul’s Abbey at Wisques] frNotes
*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the
French Wikipedia , consulted on May 19th 2008."
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