Zouafques

Zouafques Zwaveke
Commune
The town hall of Zouafques
Location of Zouafques
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Coordinates: 50°49′01″N 2°03′24″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Saint-Omer
Intercommunality	Pays de Saint-Omer
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Franck Dupont[1]
Area ^1	3.93 km^2 (1.52 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	591
• Density	150/km^2 (390/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Zouafquois, Zouafquoises
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62904 /62890
Elevation	15–72 m (49–236 ft) (avg. 19 m or 62 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Zouafques (French pronunciation: [zwafk]; West Flemish: Zwaveke; Picard: Zuave) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[3]

Geography

Zouafques is located 11 miles (18 km) northwest of Saint-Omer, at the D217 road junction with the A26 autoroute, in the valley of the small river Hem.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 329 —     1800 337 +0.34% 1806 357 +0.97% 1821 434 +1.31% 1831 424 −0.23% 1836 446 +1.02% 1841 466 +0.88% 1846 497 +1.30% 1851 483 −0.57% 1856 427 −2.43% 1861 472 +2.02% 1866 537 +2.61% 1872 465 −2.37% 1876 469 +0.21% 1881 476 +0.30% 1886 472 −0.17% 1891 459 −0.56% 1896 439 −0.89%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 427 −0.55% 1906 459 +1.46% 1911 428 −1.39% 1921 421 −0.16% 1926 396 −1.22% 1931 449 +2.54% 1936 412 −1.71% 1946 416 +0.10% 1954 402 −0.43% 1962 348 −1.79% 1968 364 +0.75% 1975 357 −0.28% 1982 351 −0.24% 1990 363 +0.42% 1999 415 +1.50% 2009 564 +3.12% 2014 642 +2.62% 2020 596 −1.23%
Source: EHESS (1793-1999)[4] and INSEE[5]

Places of interest

• The church of St.Martin, dating from the nineteenth century.
• A watermill.
• An eighteenth century dovecote.

Transport

The Chemin de fer d'Anvin à Calais opened a railway station at Zouafques in 1881.[6] The railway was closed in 1955.[7]

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Zouafques, EHESS (in French).
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
6. Farebrother & Farebrother 2008, p. 31.
7. Farebrother & Farebrother 2008, pp. 281–82.

Sources

• Farebrother, Martin J B; Farebrother, Joan S (2008). Tortillards of Artois. Usk: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 978-0-85361-679-5.

External links

• Official website