Nortkerque

Nortkerque Noordkerke
Commune
The town hall of Nortkerque
Nortkerque Nortkerque
Coordinates: 50°52′33″N 2°01′33″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Calais
Canton	Marck
Intercommunality	CC Région d'Audruicq
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Frédéric Melchior
Area 1	13.19 km2 (5.09 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62621 /62370
Elevation	3–25 m (9.8–82.0 ft) (avg. 13 m or 43 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Nortkerque (West Flemish: Noordkerke) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Its name comes from Dutch and means "North church" (compare nearby Zutkerque).

Geography

Nortkerque 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Saint-Omer, at the junction of the D224 and the D226 roads, half a mile from the A26 autoroute.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,010	—
1975	1,051	+0.57%
1982	1,355	+3.70%
1990	1,539	+1.60%
1999	1,583	+0.31%
2007	1,619	+0.28%
2012	1,627	+0.10%
2017	1,613	−0.17%
Source: INSEE

Places of interest

• The church of St. Martin, dating from the eighteenth century.
• Two chateaux.
• A ‘Triumphal arch’, near the cemetery.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

• Unofficial Nortkerque website