Quelmes
Quelmes
Kelmes | |
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.JPG) The town hall of Quelmes | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Quelmes  | |
  Quelmes  Quelmes | |
| Coordinates: 50°44′02″N 2°08′17″E / 50.7339°N 2.1381°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Omer |
| Canton | Lumbres |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Lumbres |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | André Cordier[1] |
Area 1 | 9.86 km2 (3.81 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 542 |
| • Density | 55/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62674 /62500 |
| Elevation | 55–158 m (180–518 ft) (avg. 121 m or 397 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Quelmes (French pronunciation: [kɛlm]; West Flemish: Kelmes) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[3]
Geography
[edit]Quelmes lies about 5 miles (8 km) west of Saint-Omer, at the junction of the D208 and D207 roads and bordered by the A26 motorway.
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 246 | — |
| 1975 | 262 | +0.90% |
| 1982 | 371 | +5.09% |
| 1990 | 445 | +2.30% |
| 1999 | 447 | +0.05% |
| 2007 | 579 | +3.29% |
| 2012 | 562 | −0.59% |
| 2017 | 576 | +0.49% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Places of interest
[edit]- The church of St.Pierre, dating from the thirteenth century.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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