Bouquehault

Bouquehault
Commune
The town hall of Bouquehault
Coat of arms
Location of Bouquehault
Bouquehault Bouquehault
Coordinates: 50°49′38″N 1°54′15″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Calais
Canton	Calais-2
Intercommunality	CC Pays d'Opale
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Lucien Melin
Area 1	8.04 km2 (3.10 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	790
• Density	98/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62161 /62340
Elevation	44–181 m (144–594 ft) (avg. 58 m or 190 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bouquehault (French pronunciation: [buk(ə)o]; Picard: Boucault; Dutch: Beukholt) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village located 10 miles (16 km) south of Calais, on the D248 road.

Politics

François Noël served as Mayor from 2014 to 2020.

Lucien Melin is the current Mayor since 2020.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	480	—
1975	450	−0.92%
1982	488	+1.16%
1990	529	+1.01%
1999	567	+0.77%
2009	697	+2.09%
2014	727	+0.85%
2020	787	+1.33%
Source: INSEE

Sights

• The church of St. Omer, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The nineteenth century Château de Dippendal.
• The remains of an old château.
• A ruined windmill, built in 1868.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department