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Chocques

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pas-de-Calais

Population (1999)
  
2,918

Local time
  
Sunday 11:09 PM

Region
  
Hauts-de-France

Canton
  
Béthune-Nord

Area
  
7.95 km²

Arrondissement
  
Béthune

Chocques

Intercommunality
  
Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois

Weather
  
7°C, Wind SW at 27 km/h, 89% Humidity

Chocques is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Contents

Map of Chocques, France

Geography

A farming village by the banks of the Clarence River, some 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Béthune and 30 miles (48.3 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D70 and the N43 roads. The A26 autoroute passes by a half-mile away.

Places of interest

  • The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the thirteenth century.
  • The war memorial.
  • The remains of an 11th-century castle.

    • References

    Chocques Wikipedia
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