Marquise, Pas-de-Calais
Marquise | |
|---|---|
 The church of Marquise | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Marquise  | |
  Marquise  Marquise | |
| Coordinates: 50°48′55″N 1°42′15″E / 50.8153°N 1.7042°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Boulogne-sur-Mer |
| Canton | Desvres |
| Intercommunality | CC Terre des Deux Caps |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2024–2026) | Olivier Leroy[1] |
| Area 1 | 13.46 km2 (5.20 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 5,120 |
| • Density | 380/km2 (990/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62560 /62250 |
| Elevation | 1–67 m (3.3–219.8 ft) (avg. 39 m or 128 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Marquise (French pronunciation: [maʁkiz] ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[3]
Geography
[edit]Marquise is a farming, quarrying and light industrial town, situated some 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the D191, D231 and D238 roads. The river Slack flows through the commune, as does the A16 autoroute. Marquise-Rinxent station has rail connections to Calais and Boulogne-sur-Mer.
History
[edit]Part of the Flemish-speaking territory until 1346, Marquise became an English county under King Edward III after the battle of Crécy and the hexagonal bell-tower goes back to the English period. In 1420, in the suburbs of Marquise, at Leulinghen, the church of which was divided by the French-English border, King Henry V married Catherine of Valois, daughter of Charles VI of France.[4]
Marquise received national media attention in autumn 2006 when the local gendarmerie retrieved a famous painting by Maurice Boitel, stolen forty years before and taken out of France.[5]
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 4,991 | — |
| 1975 | 4,953 | −0.11% |
| 1982 | 4,731 | −0.65% |
| 1990 | 4,453 | −0.75% |
| 1999 | 4,580 | +0.31% |
| 2007 | 5,067 | +1.27% |
| 2012 | 5,141 | +0.29% |
| 2017 | 5,088 | −0.21% |
| Source: INSEE[6] | ||
Places of interest
[edit]- The church of St.Martin, dating from the thirteenth century.
- A watermill and manorhouse of the 17th century.
- The marble quarries.
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.
Notable people
[edit]- Alphonse Pinart, explorer, was born here in 1852.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 16 April 2024.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Henry V by William Shakespeare
- ^ info.france3.fr/insolite/24771923-fr.php - 100k - 13 déc 2006
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
[edit]
- A history of the town (in French)
- The CWGC cemetery
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