Offekerque

Offekerque Offekerke
Commune
The town hall of Offekerque
Coat of arms
Offekerque Offekerque
Coordinates: 50°56′31″N 2°01′10″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Calais
Canton	Marck
Intercommunality	CC Région d'Audruicq
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Clotilde Beaufils
Area 1	13.37 km2 (5.16 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62634 /62370
Elevation	1–5 m (3.3–16.4 ft) (avg. 2 m or 6.6 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Geography

Offekerque is a farming village, originally of marshland, now drained by the river Oye and ditches around the commune, some 6 miles (10 km) east of Calais, on the D230, half a mile from the A16 autoroute.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	635	—
1975	628	−0.16%
1982	698	+1.52%
1990	759	+1.05%
1999	939	+2.39%
2007	1,043	+1.32%
2012	1,121	+1.45%
2017	1,167	+0.81%
Source: INSEE

Places of interest

• The church of St.Marie-Madeleine, dating from the twentieth century.
• A brick-built windmill.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

• Statistical data, INSEE