Marquise (French pronunciation: [maʁkiz] ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France[3] about 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Boulogne. The river Slack flows through the commune.
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. | |
History
editPart 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 police retrieved a 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] | ||
Notable people
edit- Alphonse Pinart, explorer, was born there in 1852.
See also
editReferences
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
 | This Pas-de-Calais geographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |